Question
Answer the following about issues of nationality around the World Wars, for 10 points each.
[10e] After 1922, this man promoted his namesake “passports” for stateless people. This Norwegian explorer froze his ship Fram into the Arctic ice in a bid to reach the geographical North Pole.
ANSWER: Fridtjof Nansen [or Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen; accept Nansen passports]
[10m] FDR convened a 1938 conference in this city to address the status of stateless Jewish refugees. A set of peace treaties signed in this city addressed the refugee statuses of the Harki and a group whose name means “black feet.”
ANSWER: Évian [or Évian-les-Bains; accept Évian Accords; accept Évian Conference]
[10h] In 1940, the German man Friedrich Nottebohm bought citizenship in this country to freely trade in Guatemala, but had his property seized as a German citizen. This country then sued Guatemala in a 1955 ICJ case that upheld the principle of “effective nationality.”
ANSWER: Liechtenstein [or Principality of Liechtenstein; or Fürstentum Liechtenstein; accept Liechtenstein v. Guatemala]
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Tech A | Chicago A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |