Unit 5: National Intrest and Self Determination

Question 1

What is self determination?

Answer 1

Right to govern self (sovereignty)
Ability to take responsibility for self
Protect national interests
Feel more secure
Government rule based on the ideology of the majority

Question 2

What are the two types of self determination/soverignety?

Answer 2

Decolonization (independence)
Sovereignty association (Asymmetrical federalism)

Question 3

What is the result of marginlization?

Answer 3

When a group feels disrespected, they will seek out self-determination

Question 4

What were some consquences of colonilism in India?

Answer 4

India
Initially controlled by the British East India Company
British government took official control 1858
Pros
Building infrastructure
Improved education and health care
Cons
Paternalistic attitudes
Attempted assimilation

Question 5

What are the two ways people in India rejected colonial rule?

Answer 5

Rebellions
Civil Disobedience (Ghandi)

Question 6

Why is civil disobedence effective?

Answer 6

Peaceful - wears colonizers down

Question 7

What occurs in India following the rejection of colonial rule?

Answer 7

1947 – India gains independence

Question 8

What is the result of decolonization in India?

Answer 8

The creation of pakistan (Musilm) and bangladesh (Due to distance from other half of pakistan)

Question 9

The creation of Pakistan and Bangladesh has lead to what?

Answer 9

Unfortunately this division has been violent right from the very start as the different groups seek domination over the other, and disagreements over territory (especially in Kashmir region)

Question 10

How did self determination in the Balkans lead to conflict?

Answer 10

Ethnic conflucts in the “Powder Keg of Europe”
and after WW2 the creation of Yugoslavia

Question 11

What is the difference between two Yugoslavian leaders Tito and Milsoevic?

Answer 11

Tito spressed any nationlist experssion whereas Milsoevic encourgaes naitional expressions - especially for Serbs - leads to worst violence since WW2

Question 12

What are forms of modern Balkanization?

Answer 12

Communication tech - we seek out info that agrees with our opinions, meaning we are more willing to attack those who disagree with us

Question 13

How has the legacy of colonial rule in Africa affected that region?

Answer 13

Newly independent governments often corrupt, violent and inefficent

Question 14

How did the government restrict First Nations’ cultural practices and daily lives under its policies?

Answer 14

First Nations were forbidden from speaking their languages, practicing traditional religions, wearing regalia, or holding ceremonies like the potlatch. Residential schools were introduced, and alcohol, ammunition, and pool hall access were restricted.

Question 15

What political measures were implemented to limit First Nations’ autonomy?

Answer 15

The government imposed the “band council” system, banned political organizations, and required First Nations to get permission from Indian Agents to leave reserves.

Question 16

How did the government control First Nations’ land and economic activities?

Answer 16

Reserve lands could be expropriated for public works or leased to non-First Nations, and a permit system was introduced to control the sale of products from First Nations farms.

Question 17

How were the Inuit people taken advantage of by the Canadian gov’t?

Answer 17

weren’t given treaties
Education run by federal gov’t
Moved to northern communities for canadian land claims

Question 18

What effect does the migration of inuit people to northern communities have?

Answer 18

Lose connection w/ traditional land
More dependent on the gov’t
Impact on indiviudal and collective identity

Question 19

What was the result of reconciliation between Canada and the inuit?

Answer 19

The creation of Nunavut

Question 20

What are land claims?

Answer 20

The claim for control over local resources
Self determination (education, law, health and wellness)

Question 21

What is the main concern wit Land Claims?

Answer 21

further break up Canada and national unity

Question 22

What is the main issue with land claims from an indigenous perspective?

what groups still doesnt have their land claim

Answer 22

They are slow
The United Nations has formally reprimanded the Canadian government for these actions.
Illegal to fight land claims until the 1950s, most court cases launched in 1970s and 1980s
James Bay – 1971 – early 2000s
Lubicon – still don’t have reserved land

Question 23

What was the oka crisis?

Answer 23

conflict over golf course expansion on sacred ground that was being contested in the courts
Protests = police officer killed, military brought in, final settlement – feds now control the land

Question 24

What was the Ipperwash conflict (1995)

Answer 24

–conflict over land the government had taken in WW II
Protests – police officer kills a protestor, leads to hearings that decide the land must be returned, agree to return the land in 2007, settlement finalized 2016

Question 25

What are key aspects in Metis self-determination?

Answer 25

Metis were not First nation (under Royal Proclomation)
THUS…..
1938 – Alberta creates reserved land for Metis (unique to our province)
When Manitoba created Metis people were given deed to land called scrip
Separated families, didn’t know true value = sold them

Question 26

What did the Royal commisino on Aboriginal People find?

Answer 26

the relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the government needed to change significantly
The report stated that there must be mutual recognition and respect and a shared responsibility for supporting each other.
Need for Aboriginal self-determination (sovereignty association

Question 27

What were some political decisions in regard to aboriginal self-determination?

Answer 27

1613 Wampum Belt – agree to live together but not interfere in each other’s lives
Royal Proclamation of 1763 – recognized First Nations sovereignty (= why we had to sign treaties for the land)
1998, 2008 – formal apologies = government recognizes wrong doing

Question 28

What does the UN decleration on self determination state?

Answer 28

1. All peoples have the right of self-determination. They may freely pursue their political, economical and social development.
2. All peoples may, for their own ends, freely dispose of their natural wealth.

Question 29

What is decolonization?

Answer 29

The granting of independence from a mother country to a colony.

Question 30

What are successor States?

Answer 30

When large nations break up, the states that result are called successor states. A good example was the Soviet Union.

Question 31

How might a nation within a nation use a referenda?

Answer 31

A nation within a nation might use the process of referenda to achieve self-determination.

Yes or No

Question 32

How can third party involvment help in prusiuit of self-determination?

Answer 32

Sometimes a 3rd party such as the UN or International court can, through dialogue and negotiations, come up with a legal framework for a nation to gain self-determination. This method is usually less successful.

Question 33

What is the UN’s perspective on self-determination?

Answer 33

Encourages it because the UN thinks it will contribute to peace

Question 34

What is scotland an example of?

Answer 34

asymmetrical fedrelism