MWH Module 8 Wrap Up Bellwork

Who coined the term genocide?

• Raphael Lemkin

• Elie Wiesel

• Winston Churchill

• Eleanor Roosevelt

Match the figure to their contribution or ideology.

• Mao Zedong

• Led Cuban Revolution and aligned with USSR

• Fidel Castro

• Led North Vietnam under Marxist ideas

• Che Guevara

• Led China’s Communist Revolution

• Ho Chi Minh

• Spread communism in Latin America

The ​ (a)   was a failed U.S.-backed invasion of Cuba, while the ​ (b)   nearly led to nuclear war between the U.S. and USSR.

• Bay of Pigs
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Operation Rolling Thunder
• Gulf of Tonkin Incident
• Tet Offensive
• Korean War

Categorize each as a Human Rights Violation or Movement for Justice.

Groups:

(a) Human Rights Violations

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(b) Movements for Justice

• Civil Rights Movement

• Argentine Dirty War

• Madres of the Plaza de Mayo

• Rwandan Genocide

“Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.”

—Mahatma Gandhi

What idea does this quote promote?

• Passive resistance is ineffective

• Nonviolence is a powerful tool for change

• Justice must come through revolution

• Only political leaders can make change

What was the primary cause of the Arab-Israeli conflicts between 1948 and 1973?

• Oil embargoes

• Territorial disputes with Turkey

• Jewish and Arab nationalism

• Soviet occupation of Palestine

Place the following Cold War flashpoints in correct chronological order:

• Fall of Berlin Wall

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

Match each organization to its function.

• WHO

• Prevent diseases, provide medical aid, and promote public health.

• UN

• Resolves legal disputes between nations

• WTO

• Regulates global trade

• ICJ

• Collective military defense

• NATO

• Promotes international peace and security

What is the Domino Theory?

• Belief that civil wars spread disease leading to widespread death

• Idea that empires fall like dominoes to communism after especially brutal war

• Theory that the Cold War would lead to global unity and cooperation

• Fear that if one country fell to communism, neighbors would follow

Match the country to the genocide and conflict.

• Rwanda

• Ethnic cleansing by Serbian forces

• Cambodia

• Hutu-led genocide of Tutsis

• Syria

• Khmer Rouge genocide

• Bosnia

• Civil war and refugee crisis