Superpowers Set 4 Flashcards
Homogenous culture
Very little cultural or ethnic diversity among it’s citizens
Nations - mot fully sovereign states
- Scottish and Welsh parliament’s = lack full control
- Greenland and Hong Kong = dependent territories
Cultural homogeneity in Iceland
- Hundred of kilometres from the nearest neighbour
- McDonald’s left Iceland as High prices deterred customers
- All children’s names must come from an approved list
– Iceland’s culture is diverse – - 30,000 tourists daily
Culture Heterogeneity in Singapore
- Made a free post = no taxes collected which led to lot’s of inward migration
- Fastest growing Asian economy = more inward migration
- very diverse culture = residents idea of national identity contradict that of the government
Impacts of Empire disintegration and new nation states
- Spread of nationalism across Africa
- African nations needed substitute for financial aid from the west
- Locals not prepared for independence
Post colonial conflict
- Darfur civil war began in 2003 - Sudan’s Gov accused of oppressing non-Arab Sudanese in favour of Sudanese Arabs - Gov had been ordering attacks on civilians
- 206 peace decree failed
Impacts of the Darfur conflict
- 300,000 killed and 3 million displaced
- Difficult to deploy UN troops due to lack of infrastructure
- Water supplies deliberately contaminated
How did so many move from the common wealth to the UK
1948 British nationality act
Patterns of migration following the Windrush generation
- Skilled workers e.g. doctors came from India and less skilled workers attracted to manufacturing and textile industries
Which areas attracted the most post-colonial migrants
- Lancashire and Yorkshire had textile industry’s
- London attracted the most migrants due to wider availability of work
Colonial legacies
- British etc architecture remains in Africa
- English remains national language of Uganda
Taiwan - unrecognised state
- Chinese nationalist party fled to Taiwan in 1949 after the Communist party took control
- China claims Taiwan is historically Chinese
- only 13 countries recognise Taiwan as a state
Impacts of the lack of recognition of Taiwan as a nation state
- China could threaten US military bases in Guam and Hawaii
- US house speaker visited Taiwan in 2022 - led to military exercises by China
- Taiwan’s economy provides most of the worlds electronic equipment
- 65% of the Pop identify as Taiwanese
Conflicts on borders - Russia and Ukraine
- 54% of Crimea’s pop is Russian
- 850,000 Ukrainians have fled Crimea as a result of Russian occupation
The British Raj in India
- Britain’s control over India made it overtake France and Spain as superpowers
- Ghandi helped turn international opinion against the British ( especially in the USA)
How has nationalism shaped India
- Gained components of British identity e.g. Cricket and language
- Home to many cultures although Hindu nationalism is growing
Nationalism
Growing expression of identity - sense of belonging to a group or community
