Rwandan Genocide
In the 1930s, Belgian colonial authorities made ethnic divisions more rigid by issuing these documents that officially labeled people as Hutu or Tutsi.
Ethnic identity cards (Belgian-issued ID cards)
*would also accept registration
In 1918, after World War I, this country was created as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes to unite South Slavic peoples into one nation.
Yugoslavia
This 1980s Soviet policy meant "OPENNESS;" it was introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev to allow freedom of speech, reduce media censorship, and permit open criticism of government officials.
Glasnost
This Soviet leader ordered nuclear missiles to be placed in Cuba, leading to a major Cold War crisis with the United States in 1962.
Nikita Khrushchev
This term refers to the use of violence against civilians in order to achieve political goals.
Terrorism
This 1959 uprising (sometimes called a “social revolution”) helped shift political power toward the Hutu majority and led many Tutsis to flee Rwanda.
The Hutu Revolution
This political system held Yugoslavia together during the Cold War, but when it weakened in the late 1980s, nationalist tensions increased across the region.
Communism
This 1980s Soviet policy meant "RESTRUCTURING;" the goal was to revitalize the stagnant economy by decentralizing economic controls and allowing limited private enterprise.
Perestroika
This Cuban leader came to power in 1959 and formed an alliance with the Soviet Union, helping trigger the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Fidel Castro
Terrorism is considered a form of this type of warfare because it uses fear and violence instead of traditional armies and battles.
Unconventional warfare
*would also accept nontraditional warfare
Beginning in July 1993, this type of communication/media spread hate propaganda that helped create the climate for mass violence in Rwanda.
Radio
This 1992 event triggered a war as Bosnian Serbs opposed separation and tried to take control of territory.
Bosnia's declaration of independence
This long-term economic problem—caused by inefficient central planning and shortages—greatly weakened the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s.
Economic stagnation
*would also accept weak/inefficient economy
This leader became head of the Soviet Union in 1985 and is best known for introducing reforms to save the struggling system.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Terrorist groups often target these people (those who are not soldiers) to create fear and pressure governments.
Civilians
*would also accept non-combatants
This event immediately triggered the Rwandan genocide April 6, 1994.
The plane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana was shot down
The Bosnian War was mainly fought among these three ethnic groups, representing different religions and national identities.
**FOR BONUS POINTS: During the war, this practice involved forcibly removing or killing people of a different ethnic group to create a more “pure” territory.
The Bosniaks, Serbs, and Croats
**Ethnic cleansing
After the Soviet Union broke apart, it was replaced by ____ independent republics, including Russia, Ukraine, and Lithuania.
15
This Chinese communist leader launched the Great Leap Forward, an effort to rapidly industrialize China that ended in disaster and famine.
Mao Zedong
In the 1960s and 1970s, this tactic of taking control of airplanes became a common form of international terrorism.
By early July 1994, this group captured Kigali and took control of Rwanda, helping bring the genocide to an end and leading to a new government soon after.
The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
In July 1995, this massacre occurred when thousands of Bosniak men and boys were killed, making it the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II.
The Srebrenica Massacre
One major global result of the USSR’s collapse was the end of this long period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Cold War
This U.S. president called the Soviet Union the “evil empire” and increased military spending to challenge communism during the 1980s.
Ronald Reagan
In the modern world, terrorism is often part of this kind of warfare, where weaker groups use unconventional tactics against more powerful states.
Asymmetric Warfare