1. Ethnicities Key Issue: What is Ethnic Cleansing?
Chapter 7-4
Ethnicities
Key Issue: What is Ethnic Cleansing?

2. I. WWII
A) Leading up to WWII
B) Genocide
C) Post WWII

4. D) Cold War

5. Intro Video (5 minutes)

6. II. 1990’s A) New Conflicts between …..
B) Ethnic Cleansing – process in which a more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region.
C) Plain Language:

7. III. Ethnic Cleansing in Yugoslavia
A) Balkan Peninsula
Includes the countries
of Albania, Bulgaria,
Greece, Romania
and what was
Yugoslavia.
(whole area –
about the size
of Texas)

8. B) WWI
Former Yugoslavia

9. C) Way more… (centripetal or centrifugal)
Nationalistic Motto:
“Yugloslavia has 7 neighbors, 6 republics,
5 nationalities, 4 languages, 3 religions,
2 alphabets and 1 dinar!”

10. Refers to: Economic interests & dictator united Yugoslavia
7 neighbors: Austria, Greece, Italy, Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania
6 republics: country divided into these regions that had a log of local autonomy
5 nationalities: former pre-WWI nationalities
4 languages: Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovenian
3 major religions: Roman Catholic (North), Eastern Orthodox (East) and Islam (South)
2 alphabets – Croatian & Slovenian are in Roman Alphabet. Macedonian & Serbian are in Cyrillic Alphabet
1 dinar – National unit of currency (money)
Economic interests & dictator united Yugoslavia

11. D) Destruction of Yugoslavia as a country
1) Tito’s Death (late 1980’s) –
Economy fell apart
2) Source of Conflict
3) Bosnia
Very Multiethnic
Serbs wanted to unite with Serbia
Croats wanted to unite with Croatia
Ethnic Muslims (40%) caught in the middle

12. Map of Bosnia

13. Vocab – Chapter 1! What “technique” was used to get this picture??

14. E) NATO (stands for… )

15. and the UN (stands for…)

16. F) End of Yugoslavia(2008)

17. G) Balkanization
Definition: the process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities

18. JUST READ: The End! I. Pg 232– Ethnic Cleansing in Central Africa
II. Pg 235– Study the map of Africa. Looking at this map, answer this question:
“Why does there continue to be so much ethnic conflict in Africa?”
The End!