War & Genocide

Which of these newspaper headlines describes an act of genocide?

• UN Troops Patrol Streets of Haiti After Earthquake

• American Air Force Unleashes "Shock & Awe" Campaign on Iraq

• Sudan Gov't Executes Thousands of Non-Arab Citizens

• Indian, Pakistani Soldiers Clash Along Disputed Border

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All of the following are examples of genocide except.

• Rwanda
• Holocaust
• Cambodia
• WWI

What is a reason why the United States did not want to be involved with the civil war in Rwanda?

• Could be large and costly
• No one cared about Rwanda
• The UN had it covered with the Peacekeepers
• Rwanda didn't need help

A refugee is a person that is

• looking for work in another country
• seeking safety from another country
  
• is vacationing from another country
• not from a foreign country

What is the key idea of this cartoon?

• Genocide in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur has been stopped.

• Human rights issues are best dealt with by the United Nations.

• The United Nations has not been effective in ending genocide.

• Fear of war crimes trials has brought peace to troubled regions

The two major ethnic groups in Rwanda are:

• Hera and Tari

• Hutu and Tari

• Hutu and Tulsi

• Hutu and Tutsi

genocide

• the negotiations and discussions carried out in handling affairs without arousing hostility

• Widespread murder and other acts committed by governments or other groups with the intent to destroy— in whole or in part—a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group.

• The act or process of approving and sanctioning formally

• the interaction of countries and how they cooperate to resolve issues among themselves

What is the Muslim group in Myanmar called?

• Bamar

• Kokang

• Rohingya

• Naga

An effort to “ethnic cleanse” the area and to primarily get rid of Christians that were accused of collaborating with Russia during WWI.

• Bosnian

• Armenian

• Cambodian

• Rohingya

Happening in Myanmar (formerly Burma) where the government and Buddhists claim that these people are not “citizens” and have sponsored terrorism within the country (attacking police posts) thus, these people need to be expelled...

• Rohingya

• Guatemalan

• Rwandan

• Bosnian