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WorksheetsRwanda Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which ethnic group made up the majority of the Rwandan population?
a)
Twa
b)
Tutsi
c)
Hutu
d)
Zaire
2.
The genocide in Rwanda occurred in which year?
a)
1989
b)
1996
c)
1994
d)
2001
3.
Which event marked the beginning of the Rwandan genocide?
a)
President Habyarimana's plane shot down
b)
Prime Minister murdered
c)
Belgian soldiers murdered
d)
Storming of Kigali airport by RPF
4.
Community based justice where guilt of Hutu killers is determined by local population.
a)
UNAMIR
b)
ICTR
c)
Gacaca
d)
Interahamwe
5.
Leader of UN soldiers in Rwanda.
a)
Paul Rusesabagina
b)
Paul Kagame
c)
Romeo Dallaire
d)
Hassan Ngeze
6.
T or F: UN soldiers in Rwanda were authorized to use force when defending Tutsis.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
a)
Paul Kagame
b)
Paul Rusesabagina
c)
Captain Mbaye
d)
Carl Wilkins
8.
Approximately how long did the Rwandan genocide last?
a)
1 month
b)
1 year
c)
2 years
d)
3 months
9.
T or F: The United States refused to recognize the events in Rwanda as a genocide and called it "acts of genocide" to avoid getting involved
a)
True
b)
False
10.
T or F: The Rwandan government classified individuals into a certain ethnicity based on things such as height, skin pigment, and facial features.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Kill squads - often intoxicated and very difficult to control.
a)
Gacaca
b)
Kigali Armed Forces
c)
Arusha
d)
Interahamwe
12.
How did the Rwandan genocide come to an end?
a)
UN sent enough soldiers to end it
b)
US intervened
c)
RPF took over country and pushed Hutu government out
d)
No more Tutsis left
13.
Rwandan children with one Hutu and one Tutsi parent took the ethnicity of ____.
a)
the mother
b)
the father
c)
what the govt. decided
d)
what they chose at age 16
14.
Anti-Tutsi ideology and propaganda
a)
Hutu Power
b)
Interahamwe
c)
Kangura
d)
Mogadishu
15.
The most famous Hutu Commandment, #8, stated ____.
a)
No business with Tutsis
b)
No relationships with Tutsis
c)
No mercy on Tutsis
d)
No education for Tutsis
16.
Who shot down Habyarimana's plane?
a)
Tutsi rebels
b)
Hutu extremists
c)
His own wife
d)
Still a mystery
17.
T or F: Dozens of UN soldiers were either harmed or murdered during the genocide in Rwanda.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
How many, approximately, died in the Rwandan genocide?
a)
2 million
b)
5 million
c)
Unknown
d)
1 million
19.
Senegalese UN soldier who saved 100-1000 Tutsis by shuttling them from 1 safe place to another.
a)
Captain Mbaye
b)
Paul Rusesabagina
c)
Bonaventure
d)
Hassan Ngeze
20.
Which failed event was the reasoning for why the U.S. wouldn't involve itself in Rwanda?
a)
Apartheid in South Africa
b)
9/11
c)
Black Hawk Down in Mogadishu, Somalia
d)
War in Sierra Leone
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