Shi'ite Muslims live predominantly in __________.
A) Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Jordan.
B) southern Iraq, Kuwait, and Qatar.
C) United Arab Emirates, Syria, and Afghanistan.
D) Iran, southern Iraq, and southern Lebanon.
The dissolving of huge multinational states like Austria-Hungary is an example of the influence of what powerfully disruptive force?
A) Nationalism
B) Internationalism
C) Socialism
D) Territorialism
Examples of conflict resulting from states worrying about the fate of members of the same ethnic group living as a minority in a neighboring state are __________.
A) Kurdistan-Turkey and Rwanda-Zaire
B) Albania-Serbia and Armenia-Azerbaijan
C) Poland-Czech Republic and Albania-Serbia
D) Argentina-Brazil and North Korea-South Korea
According to the clash of civilizations thesis proposed by Samuel Huntington, __________.
A) liberal democracies will prevail over other types of governance in the post-Cold War world
B) international conflicts in the coming years will take place between the world's major cultural groupings
C) there is nothing inherent in cultural differences that would cause conflict
D) global financial crises will be the most important source of international conflict in the post-Cold War world
Perhaps the most crucial source of conflict in the myriad wars currently taking place all over the world is __________.
A) kinship
B) fascism
C) forestry resources
D) ethnic conflict
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