U9L3 - Post Cold War

__?__ was a policy/system of institutionalized racial segregation/oppression in South Africa between 1948 and 1994

In Rwanda (Africa), a fomer Belgian colony, approximately 500k to 1 million civilians, mostly __?__, were murdered

In 2021 Afghanistan's democratic government collapsed and __?__ returned to power (after the last US troops left)

The United States helped build a democractic gov in Iraq but a civil war quickly developed between sunnis and shi'ites

Al-Qaeda subscribes to a fundamentalist (ultra-conservative) interpretation of __?__

Members of the [former] apartheid government who testified were granted amnesty (freedom from prosecution/imprisonment)

__?__, a Soviet satellite state, broke apart after the fall of the Soviet Union

In the 1994 the ANC won the majority (63%) of the seats in parliament and Mandela won the presidential election

In 1964 __?__ was sentenced to life in prison for leading the ANC campaign against apartheid

The __?__ invaded & conquered Cape Colony in 1795 due to its strategic location @ the southern tip of Africa

In Darfur, a western region of Sudan, Arab nomads murdered approximately 200,000 non-Arab farmers & displaced 1 million

Iraq lost the Persian Gulf War (1991) but Saddam remained the leader of Iraq until 2003.

F. W. de Klerk, the president of South Africa, released Mandela from prison in 1990 (he had served 27 years)

Negotiations between F.W. de Klerk and Mandela (ANC) to end apartheid resulted in a series of reforms between 1990-1994

The Hutus, Rwanda’s __?__ group, resented the Tutsis because they had power/privileges when Rwanda was a colony

South Africa became a British dominion (semi-independent) in 1910 AND gained its independence in 1961

Osama/Al-Qaeda resented the Saudi government's acceptance of American military protection during the Persian Gulf War

After the Afrikaners discovered gold/diamonds, the British conquered the two republics during the Boer Wars (1899-1902)

Sunni militants who supported Saddam refused to accept the authority of Iraq's new gov (which was dominated by shi'ites)

Saddam was captured in 2003 and prosecuted/executed by an Iraqi court for crimes against humanity in 2006

Black South Africans had to use the white’s language (Afrikaan) in school

USA invaded Iraq in May 2003 after USA intel [falsely] claimed that Saddam illegally possessed WMD's and supported __?__

__?__, the president of __?__, invaded/annexed the oil rich country of Kuwait in 1990

Apartheid benefited __?__ South Africans (15% of the population)

In October 2001 the United States invaded __?__ after the Taliban refused to detain Osama bin Laden and destroy AQ bases

Approximately 8,000 Bosniaks/Kosovars (Muslims) were murdered by Serb nationalists led by Slobodan Milosevic

Mandela's gov created the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to investigate crimes committed during aparthied

Yugoslavia's collapse led to the birth of Serbia, Slovenia, and Croatia

Serbian nationalists were __?__ & wanted independent Serbia to be ethnically pure

Al-Qaeda claimed responsbility for the September 11 Attacks (9/11/2001)

An armed coalition, led by the USA, liberated Kuwait during Operation __?__ and __?__ (Persian Gulf War, 1991)

Black South Africans were (1) banned from living in certain areas & (2) prohibited from marrying white South Africans

In the 1970s & 1980s, South Africa became a pariah state whose existence was considered undesirable and/or unacceptable

UN peacekeeping missions (1) monitor truces, (2) administer free/fair elections, & (3) provide supplies to civilians

Pass Laws required __?__ South Africans who were over the age of 16 to carry an internal passport

The Taliban were overthrown by December 2001 and the United States helped build a democractic government in Afghanistan

The African National Congress (ANC) actively (1) campaigned to end apartheid and (2) promoted a multiracial South Africa

__?__ is a global terrorist network (multiple branches) that was led/funded by Osama bin Laden

Afrikaners (or Boers), unwilling to accept British rule and their ban on slavery, moved & founded two separate republics

Osama/Al-Qaeda view the United States as godless (materialistic) infidels who corrupt/opress the Muslim World

In 2011 Navy Seals (USA) located & killed Osama bin Laden in __?__

Mandela used theTRC to earn the trust/faith of black South Africans who had been abused during apartheid

The __?__ founded Cape Colony (South Africa) in the early 1600s

Osama/Al-Qaeda resent the United States because of its support of Israel ($, weapons)