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📝 Samuel Huntington and the ‘clash of civilizations’

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Q1. In what year did Samuel Huntington first present the clash of civilizations theory in a lecture?

🔹 A. 1990
🔹 B. 1992
🔹 C. 1994
🔹 D. 1996

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: B

Q2. What is the central argument of Huntington's clash of civilizations thesis regarding post‑Cold War global conflict?

🔹 A. Conflicts will be driven by economic competition
🔹 B. Conflicts will be between nation‑states over territory
🔹 C. Conflicts will be between different cultures and civilizations
🔹 D. Conflicts will disappear entirely

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: C

Q3. Why does Huntington view Islamism as the primary challenge to Western liberal values in the early 1990s?

🔹 A. Because of rapid demographic growth
🔹 B. Because of ideological incompatibility with liberal democracy
🔹 C. Because of superior economic development
🔹 D. Because of direct military threats

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: B

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