National Interest
Specific goals of a nation which prioritize economic prosperity, safety, and quality of life.
What is national interest?
This man was assassinated by the Serbian Nationalist, Gavrilo Princip, that served to spark the start of WWI
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This term describes the mass extermination of a particular ethnic or cultural group.
What is Genocide?
Intense loyalty to one’s nation, likely leading to hostility to other countries and ethnic groups
What is Ultranationalism?
During German Unification in the 1800s Germany took this territory from France
What is Alsace-Lorraine?
This cause of WWI was what started an Arms Race between the different Nations.
What is Militarism?
This is prejudice against or hatred of Jews
What is Anti-Semitism?
This, meaning, rising prices and sharp drop in value of money, greatly impacted Germany before Hitler came to power.
What is inflation?
The Canadian government used this term during WWII for those residing in Canada who are Japanese, Italian and German.
What is an Enemy Alien?
This German plan was created to defeat France quickly by going through Belgium to avoid the French army.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
Hitler passes this law that allows him to do whatever he wants with the government
What is the Enabling Act (1933)?
Stalin’s collectivization of farming in Ukraine and subsequent sale of all food to foreign markets resulted in the Genocide named:
What is Holodomor?
This man came to power and rebuilt Germany's devastated economy, and had dreams of creating a global German empire.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
This was the policy of the United States between WWI and WWII where they remained apart from the affairs or interests from other nations.
What is Isolationism?
The partnership formed between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in the late 1800s was called the:
What is the Triple Alliance?
This law was put in place to strip Jews of their citizenship and right
What is the Nuremberg Laws?
This WWII event would pull America into WWII and end the use of their early WWII policy
What is the German Invasion on Poland, 1 September 1939?
This WWI policy caused division in Canada, particularly for Francophones who weren't as invested in supporting Great Britain.
What is Conscription?
President Woodrow Wilson of the United States prompted the creation of this organization after WWI with his 14 points for peace in the hope it would prevent future wars
What is the League of Nations?
This is a compound where Jews and others were sent to carry out forced labour. Victims would die from being overworked, starved or from guard violence.
What is a Concentration Camp?
This was the alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan during WWII.
What is the Axis Powers?
This was the foreign policy of Britain and France before WW2 which involved giving into the demands of an aggressive power to avoid conflict.
What is Appeasement?