Week 3 Short-Answer Question
1. What effect did the 1993 Black Hawk Down incident have on U.S. and UN forces stationed in Somalia?
2. According to the text, what justification do rebels usually give for their decision to start a civil war?
3. Why does the report call civil war “development in reverse ”?
4. According to the text, why is it so useful for rebel leaders to emphasize ethnic grievances?
5. According to the text, why does the presence of natural resources in a country or area increase the risk of civil war?
6. Why is the fact that civil war is concentrated in the world’s poorest countries “hopeful”?
7. If you were the leader of a country facing a rebellion, How would you deal with it?
8. What do you think the narrator repeatedly emphasizes Doctors Without Borders, political independence?
9. Now it’s your turn to show off your summarizing chops. Summerize, in no more than five sentences, either “The ghost City” OR “Breaking the Conflict Trap.” Remmeber to summarize using only your Own words. If you simply restate information or cite someone else, It’s not a summary.
