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WHZ Ch 20 Regional Conflicts
WHZ Ch 20 Regional Conflicts
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9th Grade
05/07/2009

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Protestant
Definition
When the _____________ majority voted to remain part of Britain in Northern Ireland a conflict occurred
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Sudan
Definition
In _______________2004, one reason the southern rebels stopped fighting was because the govt. agreed to free the south from Islamic law
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Economic
Definition
The U.S. helped to end apartheid in South Africa by imposing __________ sanctions on South Africa
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Serbia
Definition
____________ conducted a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia to try to remove Bosnians’ and Croats from Bosnia
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Sri Lanka
Definition
When the Tamils gained the right to their own regional govt. the civil war ended here.
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Quebec
Definition
This Canadian province called for independence to protect the French language
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Kuwait
Definition
The goal of the U.S. led coalition was to drive Iraqi forces out of ________ in 1991
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Abbas
Definition
Palestine leader that promised to stop terrorist attacks on Israel after succeeding Yasser Arafat
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Iran
Definition
Iraq went to war with ______ in 1980 over a disputed border region
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Hussein
Definition
George W. Bush believed he had WMDs so the U.S. went to war
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Darfur
Definition
In Sudan in 2004, conflict in _______ led to fear of genocide against non-Arab Muslims
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France
Definition
This country sent troops to stop the fighting in Rwanda
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Mozambique
Definition
This African country had ties to the ANC
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Chechens
Definition
__________took their fight to other parts of the Caucasus region when the peace treaty with Russia failed
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Muslim
Definition
The __________ Bosnians’ did not want Bosnia divided into ethic regions
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Persian Gulf
Definition
To gain access to this is why Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990
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Lebanon
Definition
When Muslims fled to ________ this created a civil war
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Milosevic
Definition
Serbian president who oppressed ethic Albanians
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self rule
Definition
What the Palestinians got in the 1993 Oslo Accord
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communist
Definition
when this party fell apart Yugoslavian republics began independence movements
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De Klerk
Definition
The South African president who lifted the ban on the African National Congress
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intifadas
Definition
A Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation
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Soviets
Definition
The U.S. believed that the Angolan govt. had ties to these
Term
Yugoslavia
Definition
When Croatia declared independence from this country in 1991 fighting broke out b/t Croats and Serbs
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Hutus
Definition
The majority group in Rwanda
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Mandela
Definition
The first South African president elected after the end of apartheid
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Golan Heights
Definition
In the mid 1990's peace talks b/t Israel and Syria broke down over Israel's claims in the _______
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Jerusalem
Definition
This city is sacred to both Jews and Muslims
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Chechnya
Definition
A former part of the Soviet Republic
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Burundi
Definition
Conflict b/t Tutsi and Hutus led to civil war in the nations of Rwanda and ________
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Tutsis
Definition
A minority group in Rwanda
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Militia
Definition
An armed group of citizen soldiers
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Kosovo
Definition
A province of Serbia where ethic differences led to armed conflict
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Tutu
Definition
An Anglican bishop who won the Nobel Peace Prize for leadership against apartheid
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NATO
Definition
air strikes forces Yugoslav troops to leave Kosovo
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