Conflicts Divide Nations
What groups were fighting in Sri Lanka?
Who were Buddhists and Hindu's
Sharpeville
The conflict in the middle east has primarily been between what two groups?
Arabs and Israelis
An Intifada is a what?
What is an uprising
Who was the leader of the PLO?
Who is Yasar Arafat
Which groups were fighting in Ireland?
Catholics and Protestants
Who won the 1984 nobel peace prize for nonviolent opposition to apartheid?
Desmond Tutu
What are the two sects of Islam?
Sunni and shiite
What is Apartheid
He was the leader of the ANC (African National Congress)
Nelson Mandela
Which group has tried to get independence from Russia?
The Chechen's
In which election were all south africans allowed to vote?
1994
What does PLO stand for?
Palestinian liberation organization
What does ANC stand for?
What is African National Congress
Serbian President who persecuted Albanians?
Who is Slobodan Milosevic
How many republics made up Yugoslavia?
6
What were the two opposing groups in Rwanda?
Hutus and Tutsis
What are WMD's?
Weapons of Mass Destruction
1998 peace agreement in Ireland?
What is the Good Friday Agreement
South African President who freed Mandela?
Who is F.W. De Klerk
What Serbian province was targeted by Slobodan Milosevic for ethnic cleasing?
What area of Sudan was targeted by Arab militias?
Name one of the stumbling blocks to peace between palestinians and israelis?
Land claims, Israeli settlements in occupied territories, Jerusalem
Killing people of other ethnic groups?
What is ethnic cleansing
Israel's first female Prime Minister?
Who was Golda Meir