Causes Of Conflict

Question 1

Identity

Answer 1

Set of characteristics that make you who you are, ethnicity, language, culture, religion etc

Question 2

Causes of identity conflicts

Answer 2

Nationalism- strong devotion/identity with country…e.g. Scottish national party
Regionalism-““region…e.g. Mouvement région Savoie, for the coming together of Savoie and Haute Savoie, used to make up region if savoy
Localism-““local area…Ullswater in Lake District, conflict over development of holiday chalet

Question 3

Ethnicity

Answer 3

Part if your identity,
Cultural and religious background that has been passed down
Ethnic group: group that shares the same cultural and religious values and traditions

Question 4

What causes ethnic conflicts

Answer 4

Ethic groups want more political power
An ethnic group thinks they’re superior to another
Example: Rwanda, long history of conflict between the Tutsi and Hutu groups
Led to genocide in 1994, 800,000 killed in space of 100 days (mostly Tutsis)

Question 5

Culture

Answer 5

How you live your life
Language, food, customs, beliefs, values, clothing, traditions etc
Linked with gender, ethnicity, religion, location, age etc

Question 6

Causes of cultural conflict

Answer 6

People may not agree with/understand other cultures

Example: whale meat is traditional food in Japan, others are worried about extinction of whales

Question 7

Resources

Answer 7

Assets/necessities that benefit a country

Question 8

Causes of resource conflict

Answer 8

Competing for same resources limited in supply/availability
Examples: territory - fighting over authority of land, e.g Falkland Islands, south Atlantic Ocean, falklands war (1982) Argentina and U.K.
Water- unfair distribution, e.g. Upstream Nile, (Egypt, Sudan) more water, downstream (Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania) get less.
Buildings-dome of the rock in Jerusalem, Muslim built, on site of Jewish temple
Oil- Russia and Norway over polar oil rights for over 40 yrs-arctic ocean divided into zones

Question 9

Ideology

Answer 9

Set of ideas about how society should be

Politics, economic system, education, welfare, health care, justice system, environment

Question 10

Causes of ideology conflict

Answer 10

Different ideas result in conflicts

E.g. N Korea (authoritarian gov) and S Korea (democratic gov), long history of conflict