Bosnia Reading Questions

1. What religious tensions existed in Yugoslavia pre-and during World War II? It was Muslim, Roman
Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox.

2. Why was Tito important in Yugoslavia? Because he held it together and made sure there was no
fighting going on because he has so much power.

3. What were Milosevics goals in Yugoslavia? He wanted to bring it back together so he would rule and
have all the land power.

4. Who did Serbian nationalists target in the Bosnian genocide? Everyone who wasnt leaving because of
different religion and all other religions other then there religion.

5. What happened in Srebrenica? There was a safe place and was taking over by Serbs and then they
killed everyone there.
6. What does this incident suggestion about European leadership and the role of the UN? That Europe
has a lot of bad choices for their leadership and that they are a hard country to trust because they have
leaders that have lied.

7. Who was responsible for eventual peace in Bosnia? The United Nations

8. In your own words, describe ethnic cleansing? Ethnic cleansing is when people kill everyone or most
people of another ethnic group of religion.

9. How did the map of Bosnia look after 1995? It was divided into two different parts.


10. Describe 2 problems Bosnia is facing today. They have a lot of debt because of all the things they had
to build back. And they have a lot of poverty because all people lost their jobs.