Lualdi 29.1-5 Summaries

Question 1

Summarize The Diary of Zlata Filipovic.

Answer 1

1) Lots of Violence in Yugoslavia after communist rule ended
2) Independence movements turned into bloody conflict.
3) Focuses on war torn Sarajevo in Bosnia
4) Hunger, Death, and Explosion Make Him Question If He’ll Have a Childhood again.

Question 2

Summarize the European Commissions Energy Roadmap.

Answer 2

1) Reduce dependence on Fossil Fuels With EU taking the Lead
2) Create a More Climate Friendly and energy Efficient Economy
3) Citizens from all over the EU came to ask questions regarding the Roadmap.

Question 3

Summarize the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Started by the African National Congress.

Answer 3

1) Appointed by Nelson Mandela
2) helped with Transition From Apartheid to Democratic State
3) Charged With Violating Human Rights
4) Investigate the Apartheid and its Victims
5) Offered Prosecution for Perpetrators who testified about previous crimes
6) ANC was all about national reconciliation and protection of human rights

Question 4

Summarize the Chinese Olympic Committee.

Answer 4

1) China tried to improve economy and political conditions to host 2008 Olympics
2) Believes They Are Read and Boasts About Improvements

Question 5

Summarize A World Not Neatly Divided by Amartya Sen.

Answer 5

1) Clash between Democracy and Islam would create a new phase of politics.
2) Warns against segregating into the Islamic and Western world.
3) Ignoring World Diversity is Dangerous
4) Islam is made at West’s materialism and culture