Ch. 13.2 Eastern Europe

Question 1

ethnic cleansing

Answer 1

policy of killing or forcibly removing people from their lands because of race (or religion)

Question 2

autonomous

Answer 2

self-governing

Question 3

Lech Walesa

Answer 3

1980: Polish worker who organized national trade union, Solidarity; gained support of Catholic Church; 1988: gov’t agreed to free elections; Dec 1990: chosen as president—> term was not great—>1995 Aleksander Kwasniewski elected

Question 4

Vaclav Havel

Answer 4

Communist gov’t collapsed (Dec 1989); Czech writer who had played important part in bringing down Communist gov’t; elected president; Jan 1, 1993: Czech Republic (Havel) and Slovakia (Michal Kovac)

Question 5

Slobodan Milosevic

Answer 5

1987: leader of Yugoslav republic of Serbia; did not agree with independence movement of states

Question 6

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Answer 6

1990: lobbied for independence; 1992: Serbs targeted Bosnians (most were Muslims); many were killed; Serbs signed formal peace treaty on Dec 14, 1995 under NATO supervision (split up Bosnia)

Question 7

Kosovo

Answer 7

1974: Tito made it autonomous gov’t in Yugoslavia; war erupt in 1998; 1989: Milosevic made Kosovo not autonomous; Albanians founded KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army); 1999: gained autonomy; 2000: Milosevic not reelected

Question 8

Nicolae Ceausescu

Answer 8

communist dictator in Romania; horrible for country; capture on Dec 22, 1989—>executed Christmas Day

Question 9

Erich Honecker

Answer 9

1971: head of Communist Party in E. Germany; strict rule with Stasi (secret police); Nov 9, 1989: open travel to West; free elections—>reunification