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Hotel Rwanda movie quiz

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did Jack Daglash, the cameraman, tell Paul what whites would do when they saw the footage of the massacre?

a)

People would go on eating their dinner

b)

People would call their Senator

c)

People would send monetary help

d)

People would join the army

2.
What technology was used to spread hate and violence during the Rwandan genocide?
a)
Television
b)
Computer
c)
Internet
d)
Radio
3.
What was the name of the Hutu group that killed Tutsi's with machetes?
a)
Mau Mau
b)
RPF
c)
Interahamwe
d)
Dinka
4.
Who started the killing in the Rwandan Genocide?
a)
Tutsi rebels
b)
Twa resistance 
c)
Belgians wanting control in Rwanda again
d)
Hutu radicals
5.
What were the two ethnic groups fighting in Rwanda?
a)
Hutu and Tutsi
b)
Dinka and Nuer
c)
Hutu and Nuer
d)
Tutsi and Dinka
6.
Although Africa is full of natural resources, why are so many African countries underdeveloped today?
a)
Humans settled Africa after they settled other parts of the world.
b)
Africa did not have any resources.
c)
European nations colonized Africa.
7.
What was the suspected reason that President of Rwanda was murdered in a plane crash? 
a)
He was trying to negotiate a peace deal with Europe between the Hutu's and the Tutsi's 
b)
The President was a Tutsi
c)
None of the above
8.
What was the suspected reason that President of Rwanda was murdered in a plane crash? 
a)
He was trying to negotiate a peace deal with Europe between the Hutu's and the Tutsi's 
b)
The President was a Tutsi
c)
None of the above
9.
Which ethnic group in Rwanda was given more privilege under Belgium rule?  
a)
Twa
b)
Hutu
c)
Tutsi
d)
Zulu
10.
These people looked less western and were considered more inferior. They were generally shorter, more muscular, darker skinned and had more pronounced facial features. 
a)
Tutsi
b)
Zulu
c)
Twa
d)
Hutu
11.
How many people were killed in the Rwandan Genocide?
a)
800,000-1,000,000
b)
1,000-5,000
c)
20,000-30,000
d)
5,000,000
12.
What is the definition of a genocide?
a)
A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
b)
The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
c)
Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.
d)
Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
13.

What is the name of the hotel manager who housed and saved many Tutsi's from the Rwandan genocide

a)

Paul Rusesabagina

b)

James White

c)

Alexander Aisling

d)

Paul Rosenberg

14.

How many people did Paul Rusesabagina (the hotel manager) save from the Rwandan genocide

a)

500

b)

1268

c)

1115

d)

978

15.

What did the colonist use to separate the Tutsis and Hutu's?

a)

Identification cards

b)

branding tattoo

c)

traveling papers

d)

the look of the people

16.

Define the term, “interahamwe” and what was its purpose?

a)

Hutu militia groups roamed the streets, rounding up and killing Tutsis by the thousands. Means: "those who attack together"

b)

Tutsi militia groups roamed the streets, rounding up and killing Hutu's by the thousands. Means: "those who attack together"

c)

Hutu militia groups roamed the streets, rounding up and killing Tutsis by the thousands. Means: "those who kill together"

17.
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
18.
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
19.
What was the name of the only American that stayed in Rwanda during the genocide?
a)
George Williams
b)
John Johnson
c)
Carl Wilkens
d)
Shana Smith