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| Name five countries that are homogeneous in language and religion: |
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| Iceland, Costa Rica, Japan, Denmark, Poland |
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| Explain the distinction between multinational states and multi-state nations: |
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Multinational states are states that have more than one recognized cultural group. Ex, USSR
Multi-state nation is an ethnic group that is not confined or concentrated on one political entity or state.
Ex, Buddaland |
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| What are the six languages of the United Nations: |
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| English, France, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Arabic |
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| Name the three most important “universalizing religions”: |
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| Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam |
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| Which religious group is most widely and evenly distributed in the USA: |
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| Which American religious group is mainly in cities: |
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Name two counties that are Arabic and speech and Islamic in religion that have substantial Christian
minorities: |
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| Name two languages of India: |
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| Country after WW1 that was for speakers of “South Slav” languages: |
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First Amendment of the US constitution –“separation of Church and State” and why has been subject
to prolonged dispute: |
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First off every individual thinks their religion is correct and that everyone should follow that particular
religion and those that don’t are wrong. Also, church and state cross path such as debates about
teaching evolution in the public school system because it disagrees with the Bible. Furthermore, how
can atheist swear an oath in court or be elected into Congress. |
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| Why will separation of mosque and state be difficult to achieve in Iraq: |
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Islam is a central part of their culture and in order to have separation it would need to be taken out of
the political sphere. To take Islam out of the state’s policies would be against their religious beliefs. Also,
there would need to be a democracy in place for this to be effective that is hard to achieve with a non-
secular or military government. |
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| Three countries in which a third of the people speak a Native American Language: |
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| Peru, Bolivia, and Guatemala |
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| Swedish speakers of Finland and why they are describes as the world’s best treated minority: |
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Finland recognizes that it has a minority and tailors its policies towards both languages. For example
almost all signs are in both languages. In court and the military make both languages acceptable and
available. |
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| People from Serbia, use to be part of Yugoslavia |
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Indicate some reasons for the relatively slow progress of Arabization in areas of Berber speech in N.
Africa: |
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Berber speakers tend to be scattered and located in the mountains. They have no centralized authority
so no one can really enforce Arabization. The Berber’s are a very proud minority group and have zero
motivation to become Arabized. Furthermore, they think of themselves as superior and look at arabs as
“hillbillies”. The Berbers have no standardized language so it would be nearly impossible to teach them
Arabic. |
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| Comment briefly on the reasons for the prolonged dispute between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims: |
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Both follow the Koran as direct word of God and that Muhammad is his prophet. They both hold high
regard to the holy site of Mecca and pray in that direction. However, the difference lies in who would
succeed Muhammad after his death. The Shi’ites thought the prophet’s son-in-law and cousin should
lead as caliph whereas the Sunnis believed it should be one of his first converts Abu Bakr. Shi’ite Islam is
far more hierarchical than Sunni Islam. Shi’ites are a majority in Iraq and Iran but a minority in the Islam
faith in total. |
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| Diagram about cultural frontiers: |
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(first diagram) A’s are Spanish that came to America for God, Gold, and Glory. Not to try and settle and
remove Indians. Therefore, when some did settle there was a lot of intermingle between the two groups
creating a/b. Also, in this case the A’s were numerically inferior however, superior in the fact that they
had much greater technology so were able to oppress the Bs.
(second diagram) A’s are the settlers that settled present day US. They came here to settle so they
pushed the B’s off the land or killed them off. Eventually, what survivors were left were put into
reservations. Very little intermingling. |
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| rap/SAI formula, indicate the probable aspirations of the minority groups |
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(first diagram) /SAI=separation, autonomy, and independence
(secnd diagram) rap/ = recognition, access, and participation
(third diagram) rap/SAI = recognition, access, participation or separation, access, and independence |
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| Existing states to relinquish territory if proposed countries became reality |
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Euskadia-Spain/France
Kashmir-India
Tamil Eelam-Sri Lanka
Khalistan-India/Pakistan
Chechnya-Russia |
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Following groups characterized by minority group aspiration formula
Druze in Lebanon
Indians in Central America
Chinese in Thailand
Old order Amish in the USA |
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“enlightened second class citizenship” used by the Ottoman Empire for Christians. Had
their own schools, hospitals ,churches, etc. but would lose to a Muslim in any legal dispute |
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The frontier highlighted by “defense and depth” used by the Romans to defend against Barbarian
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many diverse systems of government which are each ruled by a religious figure
(i.e; Lebanon) |
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reverse discrimination to the majority by benefitting under -represented minority
groups |
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Christians or Jews in majority Islamic states. Viewed as “people of the book” the
wrong book according to Muslims but still a book and one God |
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language spoken by people from Chechyna in Russia who are known for kidnapping/
extortion and tend to be mostly Muslims |
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| Yiddish speaking area in the former USSR |
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| George Orwell-As Bs and Cs – How this happened with the former Soviet Union |
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When the Soviet Union was first showing signs of breaking up, the B’s(that states that would eventually
break away with the collapse of the Soviet Union) wanted to be independent. As these B’s gained
their independence minority groups, the C’s, within the states that were breaking away wanted to be
recognized as well. An example of this is the Abkhazians in Georgia and the Tatars in Ukraine. |
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| Castilian, Catalan, Galician, Basque |
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| South/High German as standard German because of: |
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| 3 official Languages of Switzerland: |
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| Explanation for the absence of an independence movement among Mayans: |
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| They have no uniform language and no defined political agenda. |
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| North American City ranks second in number of French speakers: |
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| Why there can’t be democracy in countries with Arabic speech and Islam |
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In order to have democracy the situation must be secular and civilian. These 18 countries are either
ruled by a monarchy, a dictatorship, the military, or a non-secular Islamic rule. Also, these countries
tend to be anti-western in their beliefs and the thought of adopting democracy is looked down upon
as almost blasphemy. Furthermore, Islamic fundamentalist movements completely halt any movement
towards democracy. |
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| Kurdistan as both cultural-geographic reality and a political-geographic impossibility? |
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Kurdistan is a cultural geographic reality because it is a uniform culture mainly concentrated on the
borders of Turkey, Iraq, and Iran. However, it is a political-geographic impossibility because it would
require all three states to relinquish territory, which is highly unlikely because these states do not get
along very well. |
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