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4..2 Causes of conflicts
'Find out more' assignment (15 min.)
Explanation (20 min.)
Work on assignments (10 min.)
Check assignments (5 min.)
Homework assignment (10 min.)
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Ongoing conflicts
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You call the residential area of a people a territory.
If a people has its own state, there is little reason for a conflict.
Nations on Earth: five thousand States: two hundred
6b Why have internal conflicts often to do with the position of minorities?
If several peoples live within a state border who are oppressed or disadvantaged, they will revolt or want to become independent. The state often suppresses that with violence.
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Learning objectives
What can cause conflicts?
Explain the connection between the outbreak of conflicts, the establishment of peace and the role of the government in this.
In a conflict you can distinguish the different parties and their views, and weigh them up against each other.
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What can cause a conflict?
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Economic causes
Example:
Coastal swamps in Nigeria (crude oil)
Steep mountains in Peru (gold mining)
Cold plains of Canada (shale gas)
Cultural and demographic causes
Example:
In Syria, the minority, the Shiites opressed the Sunnis that are the majority.
Background info: You can divide Muslims roughly into two groups:
Sunnis (90% of all Muslims)
Shiites
Sunnis follow the prophet Mohammed, Shiites believe that Mohammed had a successor, Ali
Reasons for conflicts often have to do with:
unfair distribution of power
feeling of being subordinated (=ondergeschikt)
poverty
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Economic causes
Paradox of abundance (or resource curse)
7a. Compare GB 188A and GB 267. Which country has the least chance of a paradox of plenty? Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Nigeria or South Africa?
7b. Explain your answer.
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4.2 assignment 3
a. What makes the combination of this population graph and unemployement so explosive?
b. Someone says 'A youth bulge provides a strong development potential'. Explain this.
c. Someone else says 'The chance that riots will break out again in 2030 is high.' How can you deduce that from the graph?
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Why is Peru a fragile state while this country has a democracy?
income and employment from gold mines is important and the government disregards the interests of the farmers who live around the gold mines
jurisdiction is not independent
little freedom of the press
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Learning objective: You see the connections between conflicts using atlas maps and other data.
4.1: assignment 6 a, c and d on page 87 of the workbook.
4.1: assignment 5 on page 87 of the workbook
4.2: assignment 7 c on page 89 of the workbook.
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Answers
4.1: assignment 5 and 6 a, c and d on page 87 of the workbook.