Genocide

What is the phrase used by the world after witnessing the horrors of the Holocaust? In "Worse Than War" it's referred to as a hollow phrase.

"Never Again"

symbolism

"jews", "gypsies" are examples and they are distinguished by color or dress and can prevented by forbidding hate symbols

The genocide led by Sadaam Hussein drew much criticism due to the use of what type of weapons?

Chemical weapons

List 5 Stages of Genocide

Classification (1), Symbolism (2), Dehumanization (3), Preparation (6), and Denial (8)

True or False. Classification is punishable under Article III of the Genocide Convention agreements.

False

True or False. The removal and murder of people can be referred to as genocide or ethnic cleansing.

False

True or False: Most people targeted during the Cambodian Genocide were killed by snipers.

False

Identify the person who reunified the country of Yugoslavia after the defeat of the Nazis in WWII and led as President of Yugoslavia until his death in 1980

Josip Broz Tito

In Goldhagen's documentary "Worse Than War" what role does he explain that leaders play in genocides

Leader's have the ultimate decision on whether the genocide should be carried out or not

Who was the inspiration behind Pol Pot's "utopia"?

Mao Zedong

Identify one of the 3 reasons the United Nations goal of protecting refugees in Srebrenica failed

Srebrenica was a safe haven, troops attacked and shelled Srebrenica, men and women were transported then raped

Who colonized Rwanda?

The Belgians

Which ethnic group does not have a state and was targeted by Sadaam Hussein?

The Kurds/Kurdish

How did the Rwandan Genocide come to an end?

The RPF, the Tutsi army wins and overrules the government, civil war and genocide was occurring at the same time

Which group did leader Slobodan Milosevic, President of Yugoslavia, seek to protect the interests of?

The Serbs/Serbians

What does the term Janjaweed mean?

The devil on horseback

True or False. Darfur is a region of the country Sudan

True

True or False. Genocide often begins when a majority groups accuses a minority group of rebelling against the government such as in Rwanda.

True

Which group from Rwanda collaborated with the European colonizers?

Tutsi minority group

classification

categorized by race, ethnicity, religion and it can be prevented by promoting tolerance and diversity

dehumanization

groups are identified as animals, vermin, insects, or diseases and can be prevented by getting rid of any hate radio, propaganda, or speeches

Rwanda

hutu killed the tutsi, the victims were males females and children of the tutsi, and they were killed with guns in cities

Guatemala

killed by mayan military, victims were the mayan civilians, and they had the water cut off and ponds were dried out/cut off their tongues and shot them

Holocaust

killed by nazis and hitler, the victims were german jews, and they were killed by getting shot or gas chambers in concentration camps

Cambodia

killed by pol pot and his army, 20% of their population was killed, and they were forced to cooperate killing fields and were shot

Bosnia

killed by the serbs/serbians, bosnian muslims were killed, and they were shot with snipers and put in concentration camps

denial

perpetrators deny any type of connection to the genocide and will go to the extreme to be found innocent and prevention can occur by using punishment by an international tribunal or national court

preparation

separated by ethnicity/religion and death lists are drawn out and can be prevented by using NATO/UN forces to give aid to the victimized countries and refugees

Who were the victims of the first genocide of the 20th century carried out by the Turks?

Armenians

True or False. The problem with NATO's goal of securing Kosovo was refugees would return to a land controlled by Slobodan Milosevic.

???

The Khmer Rouge tried to get rid of capitalism, western culture, religion, and all foreign influences in order to promote what type of a society?

A communist peasant farming society

Who was the leader who orchestrated the Cambodian Genocide resulting in the deaths of ¼ of the Cambodian population?

Pol Pot

Why has the U.S. not intervened to stop genocide?

Political reasons, if they can't benefit from it overall then they don't want a part or say in it

5 Main Genocides

Rwanda, Guatemala, Holocaust, Cambodia, and Bosnia

During the Presidential election of 1992 what was the view of President Bush and Bill Clinton regarding the atrocities against ethnic minorities in Bosnia?

They campaigned to help them out and assist ethnic minorities

Explain the meaning of the Khmer Rouge slogan "what is rotten must be removed"

This means if anyone is to speak out against the government or talk negatively, they will be severely punished

Why did the Rwandan Genocide begin?

When the presidents plane was shot down