MODULE 2 SOVEREIGNTY Digitized by the Internet Archive 2015 in https://archive.org/details/socialstudies10m00albe_0 Social Studies 10 Module 2 SOVEREIGNTY PCU I _ ' Distance MidXU%X^MKlvX«a Learning EDUCATION Social Studies 10 Student Module Module 2 Sovereignty Alberta Distance Learning Centre ISBN No. 0-7741-0629-8 Cover Photo: WESTFILE INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Copyright® 1992,theCrowninRightofAlberta,asrepresentedbytheMinisterofEducation,AlbertaEducation, 11160JasperAvenue, Edmonton,Alberta,T5K0L2. Allrightsreserved. AdditionalcopiesmaybeobtainedfromtheLearningResourcesDistributingCentre. Nopartofthiscoursewaremaybereproducedinanyform,includingphotocopying(unlessotherwiseindicated),withoutthewritten permissionofAlbertaEducation. Everyefforthasbeenmadeboth toprovideproperacknowledgementoftheoriginalsourceandtocomplywithcopyrightlaw.Ifcases areidentifiedwherethishasnotbeendone,pleasenotifyAlbertaEducationsoappropriatecorrectiveactioncanbetaken. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY iiMiv/PRQlTY nF Al RFRTA eContents OVERVIEW 1 Evaluation 2 Course Overview 2 SECTION 1: WHAT SOVEREIGNTY? IS 3 Activity 1: Introduction to Canadian Sovereignty 4 Activity 2: International Comparisons 5 Follow-up Activities 8 Extra Help 8 Enrichment 8 Conclusion 10 SECTION 2: CANADIAN SOVEREIGNTY 11 Activity 1: CanadaGains Constitutional Sovereignty 12 Activity 2: CanadaEstablishes Its Territory 22 Activity 3: CanadaGains International Recognition 37 Activity4: Canada andWorldWarII (1939-1945) 49 Activity 5: Canada SinceWorldWarII 57 Follow-up Activities 59 ExtraHelp 60 Enrichment 65 Conclusion 66 Assignment 66 SocialStudies 10-Module2 SECTION 3: CANADA'S FOREIGN POLICY 67 Activity 1: Foreign Policy-Getting Along in the Global Village 68 Activity 2: Foreign Policy Options 78 Activity 3: Canadathe Peacemaker 86 NATO NORAD Activity 4: and 96 Activity 5: Foreign Aid 104 Activity 6: Foreign Investment andTrade 110 Follow-up Activities 123 ExtraHelp 123 Enrichment 127 Conclusion 131 Assignment 132 SECTION 4: ACID RAIN: A FOREIGN-POLICY ISSUE 133 Activity 1: AcidRain 134 Activity 2: The Effects ofAcidRain 143 Activity 3: Making aDecision 152 Follow-up Activities 166 ExtraHelp 166 Enrichment 170 Conclusion 172 MODULE SUMMARY 172 Final Module Assignment 172 APPENDIX 173 Social Studies 10-Module2 1 OVERVIEW Haveyoueverthoughtaboutwhatitwillbelikewhenyou areonyourown? Youwillbemakingyourowndecisionsaboutyourlife. Asyougrow up, you becomemoreandmoreindependent. Inaway, countriesgothrougha similar processofgrowingup. Canadawas oncedependentonFranceandlateron Britain. Gradually, Canadabecamemore andmoreindependentuntil itbecame recognizedbyothernations intheworld asanindependentand sovereignnation. Inthismoduleyouwilltrace someofthe stepsthatledtoCanada's emergence as asovereignandindependentnation. MODULE 2 SOVEREIGNTY Section 1: What Is Sovereignty? Section 2: Canadian Sovereignty Section 3: Canada's Foreign Policy Section 4: Acid Rain: A c Foreign-Policy Issue SocialStudies 10-Module2 2 Evaluation YourmarkinthismodulewillbedeterminedbyyourworkintheAssignment Booklet. Youmustcompleteall assignments. Inthismoduleyou areexpectedto completeassignments afterSections 2and3, as wellas afinalmodule assignment. Theassignmentbreakdownis as follows: Section2Assignment 25% Section3Assignment 35% FinalModuleAssignment 40% TOTAL 100% Course Overview Social Studies 10contains sixmodules. Module 2 Sovereignty Social Studies 10-Module2 What Section Is Sovereignty? c-|JZAH(-rh<i)(>•(•( ox'M I'LIZAIU^rhlK-UX u•flUU'*)^tVtiWW coqM»w-ait, ArRjx.'bVNIAnON' -.. .. Xeopleformalargevarietyoforganizationsbywhichtogovernthemselves. Somearelocal, suchascities andtowns; otherscoveragreaterareasuchas counties andruralmunicipalities. Largerin sizeyetareprovincesorstates. But noneofthese areindependent. All arepartofandareundertheauthorityofthe nationtowhichtheybelong. Canadaisonecountryamongmorethan 160 nationsintheworld. Inthis sectionyouwillgainanideaofwhatanationis and whatCanada'splaceisinrelationto someoftheothernations. Social Studies 10-IVIodule2 Module2-Section 1 Activity 1: Introduction to Canadian Sovereignty Canyouimagineanyonelivingtoday whois notacitizenofacountry; thatis, someonewhodoes notcomefromsomewhere? Isthereanyplaceintheworld thatdoes notformapartofsomecountry? Searchinanatlas forsomeremote islandthatisunclaimedterritory. Canyoufindone? The answertothese questionsis no. Today, countriesformthebasic unitofinternational Nation-state: anindependent organization. Anothernameforacountryis anation-state. country Tounderstandwhatanation-stateis, twodistinctionsmustbemade. • Nationreferstoacountry'sethniccharacteristics (thatis, peoplewitha commonheritage, language, andculture). Thereis asenseofidentity amongthepeoplewhomakeupanation. A • statehasthefollowing: - territory; itislocatedsomewhereonthemap; its dimensions are irrelevant-El Salvadoris asmuchastateasCanada - agovernmentcapableofgoverningitspeopleandestablishingrelations withothercountries - apopulationwhichmay varyin sizefromthe Seychelles withlessthan 100000peopletogiants likeChinawith 1 billion Sovereignty: thesupremeand - somedegreeofsovereignty, therecognitionofacountry'sborders and independentpoliticalcontrolofa territoriesbyothernations; therearevaryingdegrees ofsovereignty- country,involvingthe somenationsaremore sovereignthanothers recognitionofacountry's bordersandterritoriesbyother nations Everycountryornation-stateinthe worldhas sovereigntyoverits affairs. In otherwords, eachcountry makes its owndecisionsonmatters thataffectit. Furthermore, eachcountry struggles tomaintainthiscontroloveritsbusiness. Thisis sovereignty. 1. Whatisthedifferencebetweenanation andastate? Social Studies 10