Second Half Of Ethnicity Flashcards
South Africa apartheid who and why?
White descendants form holland , physical separation of people into diff. Geographical areas
New born baby classified as ?
Black white colored Asian
When were apartheid
Was appealed
1991
What is the similarity between ethnicity and nationalism
Shared cultural values
What is diff. Between nationalism and ethnicity
Legal status voting, passport, civic duties
Ethnic competition in Lebanese; diversity is more ? Since when
Christians descended from Phoenicians
Muslims - descended from Arab
Religious than ethnic
1970
When Lebanon became independent chamber of deputies made sure
Each religion be represented due to percentage
Beruit is divided in , what happened when govt. in place
Christian east, Muslim west
Civil war both formed militia , Christians
Christians had power then Muslims wanted equal civil war led to split seats in parliament 128
Who tried to promote peace in Lebanon
Syria and United States both withdrew
Three ethnicities I’m Sri Lanka
Sinhalese (74)Tamil (16) moors (10) From northern India fifth century Buddhism From India third century Hinduism Southwest Asia in 8th century Islam
Since Sinhalese gained independence in 1948 , ended ?
Sinhalese dominate and Tamils pissed because they feel like discriminated against
2008 defeat of Tamils : multinational state identity jeopardized and their ethnicity
Britains end in the colonial rule of Indian subcontinent in 1947 gave birth to ?
India and Pakistan
No contiguous areas west and east, east became Bangladesh in 1971
What were those in Pakistan predominantly and India ? What have Muslims fought Indians for territory in , when British took over India what happened
Muslim and Hindu
South Asia
Muslim and Hindu against eachother and Britain
What ended possibility of Hindu and Muslim existing in peace
Murder of ghandi
Line of control along Kashmir , what is another problem
Pakistan northwest
India southeast
Sikhs in Punjab
Who are the Kurds
Sunni Muslims
Speak language in Iranian group of the info Iranian branch of info European
Distinctive lit. Culture, dress
What happened after WWI with the Kurds land
Allies made land for them called Kurdistan
1923 treaty of Lausanne established it as part of turkey
How have Turks suppressed Kurd culture
Banned language, classrooms, broadcasts
Kurds wage guerilla warfare, Iraq republic less than a year, Iran failed attempts at independence
After gulf war in Iraq United States did what
Didn’t resume fight in Iraq
Kurd rebels had a failed rebellion us sent in troops to protect
Killed huesssin
Iraq , what happened when us killed Sadam
3/4 Arabs 2/3 Shiite 1/3 Sunni 1/6 Kurd Stronger loyalty to tribe or clan
Kurds: :) because more autonomy
Sunni: :( mad because loss of power bc Sadam was Sunni
Shiite: :( hostility with us due to long standing neighbors in Iran
Iran , when Muslim army conquered most became
Persian
Shiite Islam
Sunni, 15th century Shiite
Afghanistan
Pashtun Tajik hazara
Caliban in Pashtun gained control in 1995 and proceeded to rule with policies in Islamic fundamentalism
Pakistan
,out numerous is Punjabi
Why did Serbs and Croats fight for , who did they ethnic cleanse , why was it more severe for Serbs
Unite with Croatia and Serbia and not be part of Muslim plurality
Bosnia Muslims
Bosnian Muslims created a boundary between Serbia so wanted out so they could unite larger part
