AP Human Geography : Cultural Differences & Regional Patterns
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Example Question #123 : Cultural Patterns & Processes
Conflict between these two religious sects of Islam has led to a great deal of sectarian conflict in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Wahabi and Salafi
Wahabi and Sunni
Shi’ite and Salafi
Shi'ite and Sunni
Salafi and Sunni
Shi'ite and Sunni
Shi’ite and Sunni are the two major denominations of Islam. They have existed almost as long as the religion itself and the initial discord (to make a complicated issue as simple as is possible) springs from disagreement over who inherited the right to guide the direction of the Islamic faith following the death of the Prophet Muhammad. Most Middle Eastern countries have a majority that practices one denomination and a minority that practices the other. This had led to a great deal of conflict in the past century (and indeed for the past several centuries).
Example Question #1 : Cultural Conflicts & Law
The Basque people are a nationality struggling for independence in which of these European countries?
Austria
Italy
Spain
The Netherlands
The United Kingdom
Spain
The Basque people are mostly concentrated in northeastern Spain, with some overlap into southwestern France. Basque is a language, a culture, and an ethnic group distinct from the rest of Spain and many individuals within the nationality have long sought an independent nation-state.
Example Question #2 : Cultural Conflicts & Law
__________ is the site of continued ethnic violence between Indians and Pakistanis.
Gujarat
Kashmir
Uttar Pradesh
Tibet
Nepal
Kashmir
Kashmir is a region of Northwestern India that is contended between Indians and Pakistanis. It has a large Muslim population, many of whom wish to be part of Pakistan (a majority Muslim country) rather than part of India (a majority Hindu) country. This dispute has led to many deaths in the years since the Great Partition of India in 1947.
Example Question #3 : Cultural Conflicts & Law
Ethnic violence broke out in the Balkans in which decade?
1990s
2000s
1970s
1960s
2010s
1990s
Due to its unique history of invasion, occupation, and population migration the Balkan region of Southern Europe contains a diverse mixture of ethnicities living in a relatively small piece of territory. For centuries the potentially violent tensions were contained by the powerful empires that occupied the region, but in the early 1990s, with the fall of Yugoslavia and the division of the Balkans into many smaller states, violence broke out on an unprecedented scale. In Sarajevo and Srebrenica neighbors of one ethnicity committed atrocities against neighbors of another ethnicity. The region is home to Serbs, Croats, Greeks, Albanians, Muslims, and Bosnians - many of whom have centuries long feelings of hatred and distrust towards one another. It is a volatile region of the world because of its ethnic diversity.
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