The Yugoslav Wars
What was the Serbian republic in Bosnia called?
Republika Srpska
What was the ethnicity of the majority of people in Srebrenica?
Bosniaks
What is the name of the largest port in Crimea?
Sevastopol
What was the name of the Syrian dictator between 2000 and 2024?
Bashar Al-Assad
Who was Mikhael Gorbachev?
The Chairman of the Soviet Union between 1990 and 1991
Who was Slobodan Milosevic?
The Yugoslav dictator at the time
Why did Bosnia and Herceg-Bosnia go to war with each other?
The Herceg's wanted to join Croatia after the war, while the Bosniaks wanted an independent state.
What were the names of the 2 breakaway regions in Eastern Ukraine?
Donetsk and Luhansk
What does ISIS/ISIL mean?
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
What was the last Soviet republic to leave the Soviet Union?
How long did the Slovenian Revolution last?
10 days
During the Sniper Safaris, which demographic could you allegedly shoot free of charge:
a) Ethnic Bosniaks
b) Old people
c) Men in military uniforms
d) Ethnic Croats
e) Children
b) Old people
What is the other name given to the Ukrainian Revolution?
The Revolution of Dignity
What was the population of Aleppo before and after the war? (375 points for each answer)
3 million before the war
2.2 million after
What were the Velvet Revolution and the Velvet Divorce? (375 points for each answer)
The Velvet Revolution was when Czechoslovakia removed their Communist government,
The Velvet divorce was when Czechia and Slovakia split from each other.
What percentage of the Bosnian population did each nationality comprise?
Bosniaks - 44%
Serbs - 33%
Croats - 17%
What Italian city did the Sniper tourists allegedly depart form?
Trieste
What was the Northern Kievan airport the Antonov AN-225 was destroyed at?
Antonov Airport
What is the name of the cement company found complicit in war crimes in Syria?
Lafarge Cement Syria
What was the 2nd country to leave the Soviet Union?
Latvia
What were the names of the Serbian breakaway regions within Croatia?
Krajina, Eastern Slavonia, and Western Slavonia
What does "Stari Most" translate to from Bosnian? (old ______)
Old Bridge
How long has it been since the failed Ukrainian Counteroffensive? (to the month)
2 years and 2 months
Why did Türkiye invade Syria
They believe Kurdish militias in Syria are supporting the Kurdish terrorists in Türkiye, known as the PKK
What finally pushed the USSR and Warsaw Pact to collapse?
The fall of the Berlin Wall and Reunification of Germany