W. G. Unit 3 Political Boundaries

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Why are political boundaries created?

Unit 3

Political Boundaries

By Brittni Beeson

Now we are going to examine one example of a stateless nation. The Kurds are the largest national group without a state. There are over 30 million Kurds living in Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey. ​

Kurds

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1. How did the events of World War I affect the possibility of a Kurdish state?

2. What factors have led to more support for a Kurdish state?

3. Why do Turkey and Iraq oppose a Kurdish state?

4. How does state status and political boundaries affect individuals?

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Define nationalism in you own terms.

​Nationalism=  loyalty and devotion to a nationality

​Nationalism can unite or divide a country. In the case of Italy and Germany, nationalism was a uniting or centripetal force.

​Nationalism

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READ: Ethnic Nationalism (article) | Khan Academy

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Using the linked article on the previous screen answer the following:

1. What were some barriers to Italian and German unification?

2. How were the results of the Italian and German unification movements similar? Different?