What Was the Fundamental Source of Instability in the Balkans

question 24

Multiple Choice

What was the fundamental source of instability in the Balkans in the 1990s?

• A) the poverty of the region
• B) conflict over supplies of petroleum
• C) the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991
• D) German and Italian ambitions in the area
• E) conflict between Orthodox Christians and Catholics

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