Chapter 1.6

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

1.6 (cultural) conflicts

At the end of the lesson

You are able to explain why conflicts occur at cultural borders

To do:

>Work on 1.6: homework for friday the 3rd of november is 1 to 5.

>Think about a question you have, you will need to write down the question next friday on a lessonup slide

> read an example of an interview article in dutch.
> Check your answers

Your question

Cultural regions

Reasons for conflict

1.Political stability

2.Geo location

3.Raw materials
4.Climate

1.Political stability 

Conflicts over landmass/water access.

Cultural diversity - Being a herder or farmer for example
(read more about Hutu's and Tutsi's in the article on the last slide)

Religion 

2.Geo- location

Accessible by sea - air - road 

 

Strong neighbouring countries 

Possibility for agriculture 

Natural hazards

3.Raw materials 

Presence of raw materials 

Accessibility of.. 

Technology to use them 

4.Climate 

Water 

Temperature 

Storms 

Light 

Historical relationships 

Colony

     Netherlands> Indonesia
     Belgium> the Congo

Old/New nation 

     USA> Israël
     Russia> Belarus
     

 

United nations (VN)

Name was used by the nations who fought Germany in WW2.

Foundation 1945.

Goals: peace amongst the region. Collaboration in the economy field.

To do

Paragraph 1.6 exercises 4 to 10

Work on assignment
or go through the NPO story about the UN.

https://npokennis.nl/story/354/wat-is-de-vn

(write a little summary on what the UN is about)

Name a country with a good Geo location.

Name a country with a bad Geo location.

Does the Netherlands have a prosperous climate? Explain why!

France is a country without raw materials. Find out where the electricity in France comes from?

Want to know more about the Hutu/Tutsi conflict?

Read the article on the next slide

www.thoughtco.com