dividing ethnicities among 1+ states

Question 1

new independent countries are often created to seperate

Answer 1

2 ethnicities, but they an rarely be seperated comletely

Question 2

when ethnicity is split btwn two countries

Answer 2

conflicts arise

Question 3

example of ethnicity split btwn 2 countries

Answer 3

south asia

Question 4

india and pakistan

Answer 4

when british ended their rule over india, they divided it into india and pakistan. pakistan was noncontiguous and had a west and east. east pakistan became bangladesh.

Question 5

why did they seperate indian and pakistan

Answer 5

ethnicity
PAKISTAN=MUSLIM
india=hindu

antagonism btwn the 2 was oso great britain decided to split them into 2 seperate nations.

after british took over india, it started a 3way struggle for territory. british, hindus, muslims

Question 6

india split with pakistan affecton migration

Answer 6

massive migration since boundarie did not correspond precisely

6mill muslims moved to pakistan
1mil hindus moved to india

Question 7

kashmir control

Answer 7

pakistan-northwestern
india-southeastern portion

muslims have fought guerrilla war to secure kashmir as pakistan or as independent country

Question 8

what does pakistan say about kashmir

Answer 8

kashmiris should choose their own future, confident that the muslims would choose to break away from india

Question 9

what does india say about kashmir

Answer 9

blames pakistan for unrest and vows to retain their porttion

Question 10

puinjab

Answer 10

has sikhs that ae upset that they didnt get an independent country when india was partitioned

Question 11

sinhalese and tamil in srilanka

Answer 11

i hate studying

Question 12

srilanka ethnicities

Answer 12

82%sinhalese and
14%tamil

warred from 1983-2009

Question 13

SINHALESE history

Answer 13

migrate from north india in fifth century , taking the southern portion of island

300yrs later, they were converted to buddhism and srilanka becomes a buddhist world center

Question 14

sinhalese language classification

Answer 14

indoiranian branch

indoeuropean family

Question 15

tamils history

Answer 15

migrated accross palk strait from india in 3rd century and took north part of island

tamil are hindu

Question 16

tamil language classification

Answer 16

dravidian family

Question 17

srilanka conflict

Answer 17

btwn sinhalese and tamils was suppressed during european control

1948=independence and from then,
sinhalese dominate govnt. millatary, most of commerce
tamils feel descriminated by the govnt
and receive support for rebellion from tamils in other countries

long war ended i 2009 with defeat of tamils
buddhism was made sole official religion
sinhala ws made official language

tamils fear their defe at jeapordizes their cultural identity

Question 18

kurds what are kurds

Answer 18

sunni muslims that speak iranian language and have distinctive literature ,dress, etc.

Question 19

kurds are example of….

Answer 19

ethnicity divided into two states

Question 20

kurd history

Answer 20

kurds lived all in kurdistan, b ut then they were spread through several coujntries.

turkey, iraq, iran, syria, etc…\

kurdistan became part of turkey
to foster turkish nationalism, turks try to suppress kurdish culture

Question 21

kurds today

Answer 21

des[ite their numbers , kurds are an ethnicity that has no corresponding kurdish state and rather , are forced to live undr control of more powrful nationalities.