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Genocide in Yugoslavia
1989-1999
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Importance of Geography The former Yugoslavia
was made up of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Macedonia
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Importance of Geography
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Importance of Geography/Nationalism Notice the vast
number of ethnic groups in the former Yugoslavia
Tensions will be high in such a small geographic location
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Brief History Yugoslavia became a country after World
War I when the Ottoman Empire was diminished
The area of Yugoslavia was the starting point for WWI – caused by a serbian nationalist
From the start of Yugoslavia, the Serbs were the dominate group – but there are several minority groups
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Brief History After WWII the republics that made up
Yugoslavia fell to the communist Soviet Union – Once again these ethnic groups were under the control of a foreign government
When the Soviet Union collapsed nationalists in Yugoslavia began to declare independence for their ethnic groups
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Brief History As the nations that made up Yugoslavia
began to gain independence the violence began
Ethnic cleansing ensued By 1999 the western world felt obligated to
intervene
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Your assignment Take out a textbook and open to page 684-
685. Read the section titled Yugoslavia Breaks
Apart Answer the questions on the corresponding
sheet As you read, keep in mind the importance
of nationalism, and how it creates tension and violence
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Questions and Answers
1. What are the different ethnic groups in Yugoslavia prior to 1991? What was the religion of each group? Check off if the ethnic group spoke Serbo-Croatian.
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Ethnic Group Religion Language
Serbs Orthodox Christian Serbo-Croatian
Montenegrins Orthodox Christian Serbo-Croatian
Macedonians Orthodox Christian other
Croats Roman Catholics Serbo-Croatian
Bosniaks Muslim Serbo-Croatian
Slovenes Roman Catholics other
Albanians Muslim other
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Questions and Answers
2. What ethnic group dominated Yugoslavia up to the 1990’s?
Serbs
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Questions and Answers3. After reading the section Republics Break
Away, explain the developments in the post-Soviet Southeastern Europe.
Nationalists rise up Serbs look to flex their muscles by fighting
the newly independent Croats By 2003 Yugoslavia consisted of only
Montenegro and Serbia, therefore it took the name Serbia and Montenegro
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Questions and Answers
4. At this point who appears to be the aggressor?
Serbia
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Questions and Answers
5. During the civil war what were the Serbs doing and to who? What was the response?
Conducted a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Bosniaks and Croats
The Croats attempted their own version of ethnic cleansing, targeting the Serbs
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Questions and Answers
6. How does the war come to an end?
NATO launched attacks against the Serbs The Dayton Accord ended this conflict in
1995
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Questions and Answers
7. Based on what you have learned about genocide, what makes the struggle for Kosovo different than what you might expect?
The Serbs were the minority, attacking the Albanian majority
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8. Who was the Serbian president during the genocide in Kosovo? How was he described?
The extreme Serbian nationalist, Slobodan Milosevic
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After reading the section, how would you describe the area of Southeast Europe in 2000?
Turmoil, conflicted, diversified, nationalist
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* How did nationalism play a role in the ethnic
cleansing within Yugoslavia?