Yugoslavia Word Bank Identification Worksheet

A language spoken by six ethnic groups in Yugoslavia.

• Serbo-Croatian

• Slovak

• Hungarian

• Albanian

A resistance movement that was instrumental in the liberation of Yugoslavia from Nazi Germany during World War II.

• Partisan resistance movement

• Chetnik movement

• Polish Home Army

• French Resistance

A decade in which Yugoslavia began to experience economic and political problems.

The act of breaking away from a political association.

• Independence

• Annexation

• Unification

• Colonization

The country led by Slobodan Milošević that sought centralism and single-party rule.

• Serbia

• Croatia

• Slovenia

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

The military force largely composed of Serbs that was involved in the conflict in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

• Yugoslav army

• Croatian Defence Council

• Bosnian Army

• Kosovo Liberation Army

Identify: Use the word bank to identify each description The most violent of the Balkan wars.

• Bosnian War

• Kosovo War

• Croatian War of Independence

• Macedonian Conflict

The concept of having one central authority or government.

A purposeful policy aimed at removing a certain civilian population from a specific geographic area.

• Ethnic Cleansing

• Assimilation

• Colonization

• Cultural Diffusion

The largest ethnic group in Bosnia and Herzegovina, making up 43% of the population.

• Muslim Bosniaks

• Serb Croats

• Albanian Kosovars

• Macedonian Slavs