UNIT 4 - LESSON 5-Genocides and Atrocities

Analyze the factors that lead to genocide.

• Existing social divisions like ethnic tension and economic imbalance can worsen political or historic rivalries that can lead to one group trying to control the other.

• Political groups use social divisions like ethnic tension and religious differences to create an economic imbalance that may lead to one group trying to control the other.

• Existing social divisions like ethnic tension and religious differences can be worsened by economic issues and used by groups looking for someone to blame.

• Political groups look for economic imbalance so they can make people see divisions between groups that were not previously there to create blame.

Compare the Rwandan genocide and the Darfur genocide.

• Both genocides were perpetrated in part by the government in power and ended with those governments still in power.

• Both genocides were perpetrated in part by the government in power, but only the Rwandan genocide ended with that same government overthrown.

• Both genocides were perpetrated in part by the government in power and ended with those governments overthrown.

• Both genocides were perpetrated in part by the government in power, but only the Darfur genocide ended with that same government overthrown.

Which of the following identify historical and social causes of mass atrocities?

• colonial rule, political pacts, and religious differences

• colonial rule, ethnic tensions, and religious differences

• colonial rule, ethnic tensions, and religious unity

• weak colonial rule, ethnic tensions, and religious differences

Which of the following best summarizes the long-term consequences of genocide?

• Genocide results in long-term economic devastation for both perpetrators and survivor communities.

• Genocide is a horrific but limited event linked to only short-term consequences.

• Genocide results in intergenerational trauma affecting the economic, political, and social lives of survivors.

• Genocide's long-term consequences are limited to survivors.

What country has criminalized discussion of and writing about the Armenian genocide?

• Germany

• Turkey

• Israel

• Rwanda