Genocides/Human Rights Violations

The deliberate destruction of an ethnic, racial, or religious group:

• Holocaust
• Genocide
• Holodomor

• Kristallnacht

The Holocaust occurred during which war?

• World War I
• Civil War
• World War II
• Cold War

Which of the following leaders founded the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia?

• Kim Il Sung

• Ho Chi Minh

• Pol Pot

• Mao Zedong

Armenians were different from most other groups within the Ottoman Empire, in that they were mostly

• Pagan

• Muslim / Islamic

• Buddhist

• Christian

The Armenians were killed because

• they were Muslim

• they were in a civil war with the Turks

• the Turks feared they would support Russia if Russia invaded

• they supported the central powers during WWI

Who were mainly targeted in the Rwanda genocide?

• Government officials

• Foreign nationals

• The Hutu ethnic group

• The Tutsi ethnic group

What was a major factor contributing to the genocides in both Rwanda and Darfur?

• Economic prosperity

• International intervention

• Ethnic tensions and political power struggles

• A lack of natural resources

Where is Rwanda Located?

• Asia

• South America

• Europe

• Africa

Rwanda is populated by what two people groups?

• Hutus and Tutsis

• Sunnis and Shias

• Sioux and Pawnee

• Arabs and Turks

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.