Mixed review · Related Issues 1 and 2 — printable Social Studies 20-1 worksheet

Mixed review · Related Issues 1 and 2

Social Studies 20-1 · maddyhelps.com

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A nation is best described as
1. a) any country that belongs to the United Nations
2. b) a group of people who share a sense of common identity
3. c) a territory with defined borders and a government
4. d) the government of a country
Conscription was divisive in Canada during both world wars mainly because
1. a) the wars were unpopular everywhere in Canada
2. b) there were not enough volunteers in any province
3. c) many French Canadians did not see the wars as serving their national interest
4. d) it was unconstitutional
A country's national interest is
1. a) what its leaders judge to be best for the country as a whole
2. b) set by the United Nations
3. c) whatever the majority of citizens want at any moment
4. d) the same for every country
Ultranationalism is
1. a) the rejection of all nationalism
2. b) loyalty to more than one nation
3. c) another word for internationalism
4. d) an extreme form of nationalism that places one's own nation above all others
Of these, the factor least likely to shape national identity is
1. a) language
2. b) shared history
3. c) relationship to the land
4. d) an individual's height
Of these, the strongest evidence that a nationalist movement has become ultranationalist is
1. a) large public celebrations of national holidays
2. b) the use of a national flag in schools
3. c) a government promoting the national language
4. d) the state defining an internal group as enemies of the nation and stripping their rights
Ultranationalist movements typically use a scapegoat in order to
1. a) raise money for the government
2. b) strengthen international cooperation
3. c) unite the nation against an internal enemy blamed for its problems
4. d) encourage debate about policy
The Holodomor refers to
1. a) the famine in Soviet Ukraine in 1932–33, caused largely by Soviet policy
2. b) the Rwandan genocide of 1994
3. c) the Armenian deportations of 1915
4. d) the Nazi persecution of Jews in Germany
Realists and liberal internationalists disagree chiefly about whether
1. a) states should have militaries
2. b) states can be expected to cooperate for mutual gain or must rely on their own power
3. c) nationalism is a modern idea
4. d) national interest exists at all
The Japanese Canadian internment of 1942 is studied in this course as an example of
1. a) a military necessity accepted by all Canadians
2. b) an action taken by the Japanese government
3. c) a policy that applied equally to all Canadians
4. d) a government overriding citizens' rights in the name of national security

Answer key · Mixed review · Related Issues 1 and 2

Social Studies 20-1 · maddyhelps.com

b) a group of people who share a sense of common identity — A nation is about shared identity — language, culture, history, land, or simply the belief that you belong together. A state is the political and territorial unit. The two words are used interchangeably in everyday speech and mean quite different things in this course.
c) many French Canadians did not see the wars as serving their national interest — English Canada largely saw an obligation to Britain; many in Quebec saw a foreign war with little connection to them. Both 1917 and 1944 show the same fault line: one state, competing understandings of national interest.
a) what its leaders judge to be best for the country as a whole — It usually covers security, economic prosperity and the promotion of national values. Who defines it, and whose interests get counted, is the argument the whole related issue turns on.
d) an extreme form of nationalism that places one's own nation above all others — Ultranationalism typically involves a belief in national superiority, hostility to outsiders and a willingness to override individual rights for the nation. It is nationalism without limits, not a different thing entirely.
d) an individual's height — Language, history, culture, religion, relationship to land and shared experience all feed national identity. Individual physical traits do not, though ideologies that claim they do are exactly what Related Issue 2 examines.
d) the state defining an internal group as enemies of the nation and stripping their rights — Flags, holidays and language policy are ordinary features of nationalism. The turn comes when membership in the nation is used to decide who is entitled to rights at all.
c) unite the nation against an internal enemy blamed for its problems — Naming an internal enemy creates unity cheaply and deflects blame from leaders. It is also the step that turns ultranationalist rhetoric into persecution.
a) the famine in Soviet Ukraine in 1932–33, caused largely by Soviet policy — Grain requisition quotas and restrictions on movement turned a poor harvest into mass starvation, killing millions. Canada and a number of other states recognise it as a genocide; the question of intent is still debated by historians.
b) states can be expected to cooperate for mutual gain or must rely on their own power — Realism treats the international system as anarchic, so security comes from self-help and alliances. Liberal internationalism holds that institutions and interdependence can make cooperation rational. The split runs through every foreign policy question in Related Issue 3.
d) a government overriding citizens' rights in the name of national security — Over 22,000 people, most of them Canadian citizens, were removed from the coast and their property sold. Canada apologised and made redress in 1988, and the case is a standing example of the cost of unchecked security claims.