1. Isolationism and New Political Systems 1920s-1940s CHC2D8 Ms. Gluskin

2. ISOLATIONISM Part 1

3. Vocabulary (pp. 130-131) Isolationism (see slide) Enhance (verb) = to make something better Lukewarm (adjective) = medium (neither hot nor cold) Fascism (see slide) Dictator (noun) = a very strong leader who has nearly total control over a country Appeasement (see slide)

4. Vocabulary (pp. 132-133) Condemn (verb) = to criticize strongly Ruthless (adjective) = very harsh Brutal (adjective) = very harsh Famine (noun) = a time when there is a lack of food Civil war (noun) = when people from one country fight each other

5. What is Your Answer? “What another country does is its own business, and Canada has no right to interfere.” – Agree strongly – Agree somewhat – Not sure – Disagree somewhat – Disagree strongly

6. Isolationism When a country does not want to get involved with other countries.

7. Appeasement Giving in to people’s demands in order to avoid war. – Noun – appeasement – Verb – to appease

8. League of Nations Had been created as part of the Treaty of Versailles It was an international organization that tried to create peaceful international relations United Nations Cyber Schoolbus. UN: An Introduction for Students. 2000. https://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/unintro/unintro3.htm (March 31, 2014). https://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/unintro/unintro3.htm 57 countries belonged, not including the US.

9. World Conflicts in the 1930s (pages 132-133) Who was invading who in: – 1931: – 1935: – 1936: – 1937: And what did the League of Nations do about each invasion?

10. NEW POLITICAL SYSTEMS Part 2

11. Communism (p. 106) All property and businesses are owned by the ____________ Everyone is supposed to belong to _______ class Community is valued more than ___________________ism Authoritarian (non-democratic)

12. Fascism (p. 130) Authoritarian political system with a strong, dictatorial leader Became popular during the hard times of the Great Depression when people were struggling It is very nationalistic The country is more important than individual rights

13. Ideologies CommunismSimilaritiesFascism Stalin in USSRHitler, Mussolini in Germany and Italy

14. Homework Complete Worksheet on World Conflicts in the 1930s Complete Worksheet on New Political Systems