Jeopardy – Genocide

Genocide

  1. True or False. The removal and murder of people can be referred to as genocide or ethnic cleansing.
  1. True or False. Classification is punishable under Article III of the Genocide Convention agreements.
  1. 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.
  1. In Goldhagen’s documentary “Worse Than War” what role does he explain that leaders play in genocides
  1. Why has the U.S. not intervened to stop genocide?

Cambodia

  1. True or False: Most people targeted during the Cambodian Genocide were killed by snipers.
  1. Who was the leader who orchestrated the Cambodian Genocide resulting in the deaths of ¼ of the Cambodian population?
  1. 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?
  2. Explain the meaning of the Khmer Rouge slogan “what is rotten must be removed”
  3. Who was the inspiration behind Pol Pots “utopia”?

Rwanda

  1. True or False. Genocide often begins when a majority groups accuses a minority group of rebelling against the government such as in Rwanda.
  2. Who colonized Rwanda?
  3. Which group from Rwanda collaborated with the European colonizers?
  1. Why did the Rwandan Genocide begin?
  1. How did the Rwandan Genocide come to an end?

Yugoslavia

  1. True or False. The problem with NATO’s goal of securing Kosovo was refugees would return to a land controlled by Slobodan Milosevic.
  1. Which group did leader Slobodan Milosevic, President of Yugoslavia, seek to protect the interests of?
  1. During the Presidential election of 1992 what was the view of President Bush and Bill Clinton regarding the atrocities against ethnic minorities in Bosnia?
  1. Identify one of the 3 reasons the United Nations goal of protecting refugees in Srebrenica failed
  1. 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

Turkey/Iraq/Darfur

  1. True or False. Darfur is a region of the country Sudan
  1. Which ethnic group does not have a state and was targeted by Sadaam Hussein?
  1. The genocide led by Sadaam Hussein drew much criticism due to the use of what type of weapons?
  1. What does the term Janjaweed mean?
  1. Who were the victims of the first genocide of the 20th century carried out by the Turks?