multinational state

Question 1

multiethnical state

Answer 1

state with 1+ ethnicities

Question 2

multiethnical sttae example

Answer 2

USA has many ethnic groups believing that they all beliong to the american nationalitiy

Question 3

multinational states

Answer 3

type of mutiethnic state; has 2 ethnic groups with self determination agreeing to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities

Question 4

multinational state example

Answer 4

United kingdom
soviet union
russia

Question 5

united kingdom as an multinational state

Answer 5

4 main nationalities (because of historical differences)

england/ svotland/ northern ireland/ wales

Question 6

wales history

Answer 6

1282 conquered by england and united with england through act of union 1536

welsh laws abolished and wales became a loca lgovernment unit

Question 7

scotland history

Answer 7

independent country until1603 whe nscotlands king james VI became king of england, uniting the two countries

act of union 1707merged govnts but it kept its education and local laws

Question 8

north ireland history

Answer 8

ruled by british until 1920s

1801 act of union creates great britain and ireland
ireland except north region gets independence

coountry name changed to United kngdom of great britain and northern ireland

Question 9

soviet union the multinational state

Answer 9

15 epublics bsed on 15 largegst ethnicities

the breakup resulted in 15 states in 5 groups 
baltic
europeAN
CENTRAL ASIAN
caucasus 
russia

Question 10

new baltic nation sttaes

Answer 10

estonia latvia and lithuania

b/c near baltic sea

Question 11

estonian religion

Answer 11

protestant (lutheran)

Question 12

lithuania religion

Answer 12

roman catholic

Question 13

latvians religion

Answer 13

lutheran/ roman catholic minority

Question 14

estonian language

Answer 14

uralian

Question 15

latvians and lithuanians language

Answer 15

balto slavic branch of indoeuropean languages

Question 16

new european nation states

Answer 16

belarus moldova ukraine

language: east slavik
religion: orthodox christian

Question 17

new central asian states

Answer 17

5 states

Question 18

russia a mutinational state

Answer 18

39 nationalities
ethnicities on the border and
ethnicities inland

independence movements flourish cuz russia is lesslikely to suppress these movements forcibly than the soviet union did.

the most problamatic are the chechens- sunni muslims who speak caucasian language. they declared independence and refused to join russia after soviet union breakup. chechnya important b/c of petroleum and if they get independece, other ethnicities may follow suit

Question 19

caucasus problems

Answer 19

home to several ethnicities-
azeris,
armenians,
georgians

abhazians
chechens
ingush
ossetians
kurds
russians
all have aspirations to make a sovereign state

entire caucasus region wa sin the soviet union (soviet union promoted allegian ce to communism and forcefully stoped disputes btwn ethnic groups) and the brakupled to armed conflicts

Question 20

azerbaijan history

Answer 20

roots in turkish invaders migrating to central asia who merged with existing persian pop
1828 treaty allocated north azeri territory to russia and south to persia (iran)

the north part became azerbaijan and become independent in the soviet union breakup

Question 21

armenia history

Answer 21

3,000 yrs ago, they controlled an independent kingdom in the caucasus.

18-19 century, many were killed in turk massacre
and others were force to migrate to russia

russia gained posetion of east armenia 1828

after WW1allies created independent armenia
which waS SWALLOWED BY NEIGHBORS

1921, turkety and soviet union decided to split armenia and soviet portion becomes an independent coiuntry in 1991

Question 22

armenia and diversity

Answer 22

armenia is most ethnically homogenous couintry in the region

Question 23

amermenians vs azeris

Answer 23

booth have aspirations of forming nation sttates but then they went to war over boundaries

Question 24

Georgian history

Answer 24

diversity leads to conflicts. especially ossetian and abkhazians

1990s abkahazians fight for NW portion of georiga
to have declared abhazia an independent stae

2008 ossetians fight with georgians resulting in them declaring south ossetia portion of georgia independent

russia recognize abkhazia and south ossetia as states

Question 25

georgian diversity

Answer 25

more diverse than armenia and azerbaijan