MWH Module 8 Introduction Bellwork

Who coined the term genocide?

• Adolf Eichmann

• Winston Churchill

• Raphael Lemkin

• Elie Wiesel

Which country was ruled by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979?

• Laos

• Cambodia

• Thailand

• Vietnam

The ​ (a)   was a failed invasion of Cuba, while the ​ (b)   brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

• Bay of Pigs
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Operation Desert Storm
• Tet Offensive
• Yom Kippur War
• Berlin Blockade

Match each Cold War leader to their country.

• United States

• Mao Zedong

• Cuba

• John F. Kennedy

• China

• Fidel Castro

• Soviet Union

• Mikhail Gorbachev

Place the following events in chronological order.

• Creation of Israel

• Vietnam War begins

• End of WWII

• Fall of the Berlin Wall

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”

— Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1

What is the primary message of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

• Promoting global trade

• Establishing national governments

• Encouraging military alliances

• Ensuring basic human freedoms and dignity

What was the primary goal of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina?

• Demand justice for disappeared children

• Protest economic reform

• Call for war with Britain

• Support military rule

What major protest became a global symbol of resistance against apartheid?

• Arab Spring

• Fall of the Berlin Wall

• Sharpeville Massacre

• Rwandan Genocide

Match each person to their contribution to human rights.

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• Nelson Mandela

• End of apartheid in South Africa

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.

• Malala Yousafzai

• Education rights for girls

Why did the United States support the Mujahideen in Afghanistan during the 1980s?

• To prevent a Soviet victory and the spread of communism

• To stop oil prices from rising due to stagflation

• To protect NATO allies from nuclear warfare

• To secure rare minerals found only in Middle Eastern countries