Bashi Order and New Country Formation

Bashi Order and New Country Formation

Assessment

Interactive Video

Geography

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Lucas Foster

FREE Resource

The video discusses the potential change in the title of the world's smallest country from Vatican City to a new sovereign state proposed in Albania. The Albanian Prime Minister has introduced legislation to create a tiny country from the Bashi Order's headquarters in Tirana. The Bashi Order, an Islamic Sufi order with roots in the Ottoman Empire, has been based in Albania since 1925. If the legislation passes, this new state will have a land area of 0.11 square km, making it smaller than Vatican City. The new state will be called the Sovereign State of the Bashi Order, with citizenship limited to its religious clerics and officials.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which country is traditionally known as the world's smallest?

Monaco

Vatican City

San Marino

Liechtenstein

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What recent announcement did the Prime Minister of Albania make?

To merge with Vatican City

To create a new tiny sovereign country

To relocate the capital city

To expand Albania's borders

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where did the Bashi order originate?

Persian Empire

Byzantine Empire

Ottoman Empire

Roman Empire

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Since when has the Bashi order been headquartered in Albania?

1825

1625

1925

1725

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What will be the approximate size of the new country if the legislation passes?

0.11 Square km

1.1 Square km

0.011 Square km

11 Square km

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the expected official name of the new country?

The Republic of Bashi

The Sovereign State of the Bashi Order

The Bashi Federation

The Bashi Kingdom

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who will be the citizens of the new country?

Anyone who applies for citizenship

Only Bashi order's religious clerics and government officials

Only members of the Ottoman Empire

All Albanian citizens