Study Questions for Soc 20-2 Final Exam
1. What was the importance to Canada of the battle of Vimy Ridge?
2. In the battle of Vimy Ridge who was the Commander of the Canadian troops? Why was this significant
for Canada?
3. What is civic nationalism and what form of government would it usually have? How is it different
from ethnic nationalism?
4. Is Canada a civic nation or an ethnic nation? Explain
5. What is a constitution? What is Canada’s constitution called today and in 1867?
6. During the French revolution, why did delegates swear the Tennis Court Oath and proclaim
themselves a National Assembly?
7. Why did people storm the Bastille during the French Revolution? Why is this act important? Did they
find what they were looking for?
8. Why did the revolutionaries achieve by killing the King and Queen of France?
Place the following events of the French Revolution in chronological order and give each event a date.
a) storming of the Bastille
b) meeting of the Estates General
c) declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
d) the Tennis Court Oath
e) Execution of King Louis XVI and Queen Maria Antoinette
9. After the Oka crisis of 1990 and the James Bay and Northern Quebec Settlement, how did the federal
government respond? What concessions were given as a result of this response?
10. What was the main reason that Québec passed Bill 101?
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11. Why did the federal government rule that Sikh RCMP officers are allowed to wear their turbans on the job?
Define Reasonable accommodations.
12. Did the Canadian “Indian Act” adversely affect the aboriginal peoples in this country? What did the
Federal Government do to recently to rectify this situation?
13. What are Non-nationalist loyalties?
14. What does the word “regional” mean?
15. What was the National Energy Program? Who did it upset and what term can we use to describe this
feeling of discontent?
16. What was the intent of the Treaty of Versailles after WWI? What did it impose on Germany?
17. What was the original reason that Middle Eastern Countries became upset with Western Democracies?
18. Why did Canada not join the USA in its invasion of Iraq?
19. What is supranationalism and provide an example of it?
20. What is National Interest and when can it be used negatively?
21. What is Ultranationalism? When does nationalism become Ultranationalism?
22. Who was Joseph Stalin? How did he respond to International issues and domestic issues?
23. Why did German’s turn to Adolf Hitler and Nazism?
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24. What is appeasement and when was it used?
25. What is Genocide? What are the preconditions to a genocide?
26. What was the Rwandan Crisis? Was this mission a failure or success for the UN, Why?
27. Define ethnic cleansing and describe where it was used.
28. Did India achieve independence through violence or peaceful negotiations?
29. What was the Manhattan Project? What did it lead to?
30. Define Self-Determination. What does a nation get from Self-Determination?
31. What is the International Criminal Court (ICC)? Which countries have not signed onto using and
following the ICC?
32. Why did Canada join NATO? What is NATO’s primary goal? What conflict is NATO involved in
currently?
33. What is decolonization? What has decolonization often lead to in Africa?
34. Why are nation often motivated to help after disasters like Hurricane Katrina and the South-East Asian
Tsunami?
35. What type of organization is the European Union?
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36. How has globalization impacted nationalism?
37. Define Humanitarianism.
38. What court is responsible for International Law?
39. What was the Ottawa Treaty? Which organization brought it forward? Was it effective, why?
40. What are economic sanctions? Who do these sanctions often end up targeting and what is the overall
effectiveness of them?
41. What is one complaint of the WTO (World Trade Organization)?
42. Define “voluntary balkanization”
43. What effect does technology have on internationalism?
44. What is the conflict in the Darfur? Why has there been little international involvement?
45. What is Tied Aid? What are the issues concerning aid in general?
46. What is one of the main goals of the Kyoto Accord?
47. Suggest 2 concern with the UN and 2 concerns with the UN Security Council.
48. What is odious debt and why is it an issue?
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49. What is the issue of fresh water globally? How does this effect Canada and what is Canada’s role?
50. In the late 19th century, why did the Canadian Government think it was so urgent to settle the western
area of Canada?
51. What is responsible government and who championed it before Canadian Confederation?
52. What has been the concern of French Canadians since the end of the Seven Year War?
53. List 5 things that are a part of Canadian Myths.
54. What is the federal government ministry that is responsible for all money matters?
55. What is the intended purpose of the CRTC and what are 3 criticisms of this agency?
56. Define civic nation. How would this concept be applied in Canada?
57. List 3 reasons that Sir John A. MacDonald pushed for Canadian Confederation?
58. What 5 things have the greatest impact on Canadian Unity?
59. Why do you think there is no concept of an “all Canadian Boy or Girl”?
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60. What do symbols and myth do for a nation?
61. What are the 2 problems associated with the CBC’s list of the top 10 Greatest Canadians?
62. Define Cosmopolitan.
63. What id the difference between pluralism and multiculturalism?
64. What makes the Hudson’s Bay Company so unique?
65. What is the difference between civic and ethnic nationalism?
66. When are economic sanctions used?
67. Explain and define Asymmetrical federalism as it applies in Canada.
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