Unit 5: Paper 1 — Conflict and Intervention
Topic 5.2: Kosovo (1989–2002) Questions
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What was the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA)?
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Who led the peaceful, non-violent resistance of Kosovo's Albanians through the LDK in the 1990s?
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In which year did Serbia revoke Kosovo's autonomy and place the region under direct control from Belgrade?
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In which year did Slobodan Milošević cancel Kosovo's autonomy and place the province under direct control from Belgrade?
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Why was NATO's 1999 intervention in Kosovo legally controversial?
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Roughly how many Kosovo Albanians fled or were expelled during the ethnic cleansing of 1998–99?
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According to Source B, identify three criticisms the Belgrade newspaper makes of the NATO bombing.
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The 600th anniversary that Milošević marked in his 1989 Gazimestan speech commemorated which event?
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Roughly how long did the NATO air campaign against Serbia last before Milošević agreed to withdraw his forces?
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How did the war in Kosovo affect the wider region after 1999?
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Why did NATO launch its 1999 air campaign against Serbia without a United Nations Security Council resolution?
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Which 1995 agreement, by saying nothing about Kosovo, convinced many Albanians that peaceful protest had failed?
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Using the sources and your own knowledge, discuss the impact of the war in Kosovo on the wider region.
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How long did NATO's 1999 bombing of Yugoslavia (Operation Allied Force) last?
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Which UN Security Council resolution placed Kosovo under UN administration after the war ended in June 1999?
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Compare and contrast what Source B and Source D reveal about the human impact of the 1999 conflict in Kosovo.
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Using the sources and your own knowledge, evaluate the impact of NATO's 1999 bombing campaign on Kosovo.
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Which leader guided the Kosovar Albanians' peaceful resistance during most of the 1990s, building a parallel system of unofficial schools and clinics?
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What happened to Kosovo in 1989 that helped cause the later conflict?
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With reference to its origin, purpose and content, analyse the value and limitations of Source C for a historian studying the impact of the war in Kosovo.
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