Shaw High SSWG3 Review / Cooperation and Conflict

The 1994 conflict in the tiny African country of Rwanda was based MAINLY on

• religion.
• communism.
• ethnic tensions.
• wealth disparity.

At the end of the 20th century Yugoslavia broke into many nations PRIMARILY because of differences in

• ethnicity.
• politics.
• race.
• religion.

Albanians, Bosnians, Croats, Serbs: All of these are ethnic groups that once made up the majority of the population of what country?

• Czechoslovakia
• Iraq
• Italy
• Yugoslavia

In terms of ethnicity, both the United States and Switzerland

• have no ethnic controversies.
• are made up of many ethnicities.
• are dominated by one major ethnic group.
• have limited the influence of ethnic groups.

Created in 1945, Headquartered in New York City, 192 countries are members, General Assembly and Security Council are its two main bodies. These are all describing which international group?

• Red Cross
• United Nations
• Organization of American States
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

The conflict over space between Israel and Palestine is MOSTLY due to

• trade issues.
• racial issues.
• natural resources.
• religious issues.

Why did approximately 800,000 people die in Rwanda between April and July 1994?

• Rwanda was invaded by Zimbabwe
• AIDS swept through the country
• Rwanda finally won its independence
• ethnic tensions that led to genocide

The trading block MOST LIKELY to include the Philippines, Indonesia, and Singapore is

• APEC.
• ASEAN.
• EU.
• NAFTA.

What is the MOST LIKELY reason the EU was formed?

• to increase trade between European nations

• to protect themselves from foreign enemies

• to begin the process of forming one large nation

• to isolate Europe from the rest of the international community

The European Union is an economic and political partnership between 27 democratic European countries. Its aims are to encourage peace, prosperity and freedom for its 495 million citizens — in a fairer, safer world. Based on this description, the European Union could be called

• an autocracy.

• a confederation.

• a federation.

• an oligarchy.