YUGOSLAVIA By Jackson McCreight and Anna Quigley

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Who Lives in Yugoslavia There are five major ethnicities in Yugoslavia They are the Coats, Macedonians, Montenegrins, Serbs, and Slovenes. The countries that were formed to solve conflict and the countries were named after the ethnicities

Cause of Conflict The Governor of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito, died in 1980 leaving the country with no leadership There were rivalries between the five different ethnicities within Yugoslavia The republics inside Yugoslavia wanted autonomy instead of having a united country so they split into five separate ones After Slovenia and Croatia announced their independence Yugoslavia decided to try to take back Slovenia but they were unsuccessful

Outside Forces The communist government of Yugoslavia wanted to remain as a unified communist government while many of the republics had elected non-communist governments Strong nationalism from the five different ethnicities was the main cause for many of the republics to search for autonomy which caused the was between each other

Cultural Conflict Within Yugoslavia there were the major religions of Islam, Roman Catholicism, Judaism, Protestantism, and Eastern Orthodox On top of having those five different religions in the area there are six different languages being spoken Every different ethnicity and republic of Yugoslavia wanted autonomy while Yugoslavia did not and that was why there was such immense ethnic tension

Timeline Josip Broz Tito died Slovenia and Croatia declare independence and decide to not be communist The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was formed between Serbia and Montenegro The Dayton Agreement is signed by the leaders of the countries to end the wars Montenegro became an independent country

How This Relates to Geography Movement- Some of the ethnicities have invaded their neighboring countries in an attempt to take them over, but they were all unsuccessful Region- The ethnicities have stayed in the same region and there has been conflict there since before WWI

Theoretical Solutions Create laws the allow freedom of religion and ones that protect the individuals right to have whatever religion they may choose because most of the conflict was caused by religious differences. Have a communist leader take over Serbia and invade the former republics of Yugoslavia and make everyone equal and cause them to all follow the same religion by enforcing strict laws and cruel punishments.

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