Bosnia Reading Questions1.

1. What religious tensions existed in Yugoslavia pre-and during World War

II?
Mostly being catholic and Christians. There were some Orthodox catholic Christians
and there were some Sunni Muslims and Roman Catholic Christians.
2. Why was Tito important in Yugoslavia?
His rule helped held the federation together but now Croats and Bosniaks began to look
for independence and Serbian nationalism took a new way of life when Slobodan
Milosevic took leader of Serbia.
3. What were Milosevics goals in Yugoslavia?
He encouraged Serb nationalism anywhere and mostly in large Serb communities.
4. Who did Serbian nationalists target in the Bosnian genocide?
The French and Dutch government.
5. What happened in Srebrenica?
Was situated in Republika Srpska. It declared a UN safe area in 1992.
6. What does this incident suggestion about European leadership and the
role of the UN?
That leadership can sometimes be faulty and shaky to the point where they are not a
stables leadership anymore.
7. Who was responsible for eventual peace in Bosnia?
An American reporter who risked his life for evidence and then was arrested.
8. In your own words, describe ethnic cleansing.
A group of killings with intensions of wiping out a certain race or a certain group you are
not fond of.
9. How did the map of Bosnia look after 1995?
Very rundown and left in pieces. Bullet holes in many windows and broken down cars
and pieces of buildings everywhere.
10. Describe 2 problems Bosnia is facing today
Military interventions to stop war and displaced persons and refugees and asylum
seekers.