Les 1 - §4.1: Worldwide armed violence

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Guns

Borders

Violence

Innocent

Guilty

Political

Division

Resistance

Nation

Countries

Lies

Truce

What is this lesson about?

Planning

Introduction §4.1: worldwide armed violence

• Different conflicts
• People, Nation, State: What is the difference?

Key words §4.1

International conflicts (internationale conflicten): A conflict between two or more nations

Internal conflicts, or civil wars (interne conflicten, burgeroorlog): A conflict between population groups within a country

Armed conflict (gewapend conflict): a continuous battle in which at least 25 people die in a year

Ethnicity (etniciteit): The identity of people based on culture and background

People (volk): A group of people who feel connected, because of a common language, religion, or history

Nation (natie): A people who live in an independant state, or would like to form one

State (staat): area with an internationally recognized border

Sovereignty (soevereiniteit): In a state there are laws and rules. These are enforced by the state itself, and other countries are not allowed to interfere with that

Self-determination ( zelfbeschikking): another word for sovereignty

separatism (separatisme): A people that wants to separate itself from a nation

Annexation (annexatie): occupying an area in the territory of another state

Learning objectives §4.1

• You know three different types of conflicts
• You understand the relation between a people, a nation, and a state
• You can explain these things in the context of Ukraine, and the Netherlands

Important key words

Kinds of conflicts:

• Armed conflict (gewapend conflict): a continuous battle in which at least 25 people die in a year

Important key words

Kinds of conflicts:

• Internal conflicts, or civil wars (interne conflicten, burgeroorlog): A conflict between population groups within a country

Important key words

Kinds of conflicts:

• International conflicts (internationale conflicten): A conflict between two or more nations

Important key words

Kinds of conflicts:

• International conflicts (internationale conflicten): A conflict between two or more nations
• Internal conflicts, or civil wars (interne conflicten, burgeroorlog): A conflict between population groups within a country
• Armed conflict (gewapend conflict): a continuous battle in which at least 25 people die in a year

What can cause conflicts?

Causes of conflicts

many things... 

But three main categories: economic, cultural and political (we will come to that in the next paragraph!)

Today we focus on cultural causes (mainly ethnicity)

Important key words

Ethnicity (etniciteit): The identity of people based on culture and background

People (volk): A group of people who feel connected, because of a common language, religion, or history

Important key words

Nation (natie): A people who live in an independant state, or would like to form one

State (staat): area with an internationally recognized border

Important key words

Ethnicity (etniciteit): The identity of people based on culture and background

People (volk): A group of people who feel connected, because of a common language, religion, or history

Nation (natie): A people who live in an independant state, or would like to form one

State (staat): area with an internationally recognized border

Which of these three situations describes the Netherlands? and why? Use the words nation, state and people

Is the conflict in Ukraine an internal conflict, or an international conflict?

1. Internal
2. International
3. Both
4. Neither

Which of the three situations describes the Ukraine? and why? Use the words nation, state and people

Time for homework

Assignment 1, 2, 3, 4a, and 6ab