Rwandan Genocide

Select the two main ethnic groups in Rwanda

• Hutu

• Tutsi

• Twa

• Italians

In order to keep track of the different ethnic groups in Rwanda, the government implemented what?

• Yellow Stars to be worn on their coats

• Different colored swords for different groups

• Identity Cards that were to carried on them at all times

• A record keeping book that had the ethnicity of all citizens that guards carried around

Pick two answers: Two effects of the Rwandan genocide were what?

• Millions of people escaped to other countries

• Many Hutu officials were put on trial and put in prison for their crimes.

• The country continued to fight and be split after the genocide

• No trials were held for Hutus that committed crimes

Why did the different Ethnic groups turn on one another at the start of the civil war?

• Hutu people were upset that Tutsi people were put in charge by the European government while Hutus suffered.

• Tutsi people were upset that Hutu people were put in charge by the European government while Tutsi suffered.

• The Tutsi people were upset that Hutu people were getting away with crimes

• The Hutu people were upset that Tutsi people were getting away with crimes

What event took the Rwandan Civil War to an official genocide?

• The President of Rwanda's plane crashes and he dies.

• Rwandan citizens are taught to hate Tutsi people.

• Hutu neighbors begin ratting on Tutsi neighbors to the police

• The UN tries to create peace in Rwanda.

What is a genocide?

• social group made up of numerous families, clans, or generations having a shared ancestry and language

• the belief that all objects, places, and creatures have a spirit/soul

• the belief that your culture is superior to others

• the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular group with the aim of eliminating that group

Define Tribe

• social group made up of numerous families, clans, or generations having a shared ancestry and language

• the belief that all objects, places, and creatures have a spirit/soul

• the belief that your culture is superior to others

• the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular group with the aim of eliminating that group

Define Ethnocentrism

• social group made up of numerous families, clans, or generations having a shared ancestry and language

• the belief that all objects, places, and creatures have a spirit/soul

• the belief that your culture is superior to others

• the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular group with the aim of eliminating that group

What were Hutus jobs during European colonization?

• Farmer

• Taking care of Livestock

What were Tutsis jobs during European colonization?

• Farmer

• Taking care of Livestock