EXCELLENT BALKAN/KOSOVO/BOSNIA AND ETHNIC CLEANSING POWERPOINT

Please view this PowerPoint to help with our study of the Balkans:

http://plaza.ufl.edu/rfitzpat/Lesson24.pdf

ASSIGNMENTS FOR MARCH 6-10

World Geography ‘B’
March 6th — March 10th
All Classes
All completed maps are due immediately after the map quiz
All worksheets due the day of a quiz or test

Monday: Read Chapter 12 Section1 pp. 287-291
Chapter 11 Quiz
Begin worksheets
Europe Physical map Quiz

Tuesday: Read Chapter 12 Section 2 pp. 294-300
Notes Chapter 12


Wednesday: Read Chapter 12 Section 3 pp. 301-307 Notes Chapter 12


Thursday: Europe Vocab Quiz
Notes Chapter 12


Friday: Russia Video
Current Events Quiz
Chapter 12 Quiz—Worksheets due today
Read Chapter 14 Section 1 pp. 345-350
Balkans internet powerpoint due today

Copy of the Balkans assignment:

The Balkans Internet Activity
Due Friday March 10th

Directions: Working with partners:
Access the website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/map/yugoslavia/
Click on each of the dates on the timeline and read the information to learn more about the history of the Balkan Peninsula.
Answer these study questions on a separate piece of paper as you go. You do not need to write out the question, just the answer in a complete sentence.
After you collect all the information, you will create a PowerPoint about the Balkan Conflict. The PowerPoint must be a minimum of 15 slides.


What does the word “Balkan” mean and where did the word come from?
What did the Treaty of Berlin do in 1878?
In 1912 which countries claimed independence?
Why was independence short for two of these new countries?
What event in this region triggered World War I?
What does Yugoslavia mean?
What group particularly resented the new government formed by King Alexander I?
What were the names of two leaders who opposed the Germans in World War II?
What is autonomous status? (hint: autonomous region is defined in your textbook)
How did the country of Yugoslavia hope to keep national aspirations from rising after 1945?
When Tito died in 1980 what did most people think would happen to Yugoslavia?
Which countries sought to break away from Yugoslavia in 1992?
According to this web site what effect did UN peacekeepers have on the situation in Bosnia in 1992?
What ethnic group was victim to “ethnic cleansing” in Bosnia?
What did the Dayton agreement do in 1995?
What group is in charge of enforcing this agreement?
What did the Kosovo Liberation Army want out of the rebellion? What did the international community want to see happen?
NATO action in Kosovo was historic in what way?
Who was the leader of Yugoslavia during the violence in Kosovo and the resulting NATO air strikes?
What effect did the situation in Kosovo have on relations between Serbia and Montenegro?
What is the European Union’s interest in the former Yugoslavia?
What is Kosovo’s relationship with the UN?

Now go to: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/balkans/history.html
Read the chronology 1389-1912
How does this additional information help explain why Serbian leaders wanted to remain in control of Kosovo?

Fact sheet from the UN about the trial of Slobodan Milosevic: http://www.un.org/icty/glance/milosevic.htm