8 Causes of Conflict

Which of the following is not a cause of conflict?

• Economic gain

• Territorial gain

• Religion

• Famine

What cause is associated with a war over valuable resources?

• Territorial gain

• Revenge

• Economic gain

• Civil War

Which cause is about defending your country from a threat of attack or a real attack?

• Economic gain

• Defensive/ Preemptive War

• Revolutionary War

• Nationalism

What is the reason defensive/preemptive war is controversial?

• A threat of attack can be used as an excuse to go to war with another country.

• The threat might not be real.

• There could have been peace talks before the country decided to attack another country.

• All are correct.

Which of the following is not one of the 8 causes of conflict?

• Revenge

• Nationalism

• Civil war

• Major disagreement

Which cause has ties to revenge/nationalism AND leads to neither side surrendering due to it being a conflict over strongly held beliefs?

• Revenge

• Territorial gain

• Religious Reasons

• Nationalism

Which cause is associated with the need for more room for a growing population?

• Territorial gain

• Nationalism

• Religious Reasons

• Economic gain

What cause involves an effort to prove your country is superior through violent domination?

• Nationalism

• Economic gain

• Religious reasons

• Revenge

What cause is highly emotional and involves harming a country that harmed you first?

• Nationalism

• Religious Reasons

• Territorial Gain

• Revenge

Which of the following is not one of the 8 causes of conflict?

• Revolutionary war

• Defensive war

• Natural Disasters