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Unit 7 – Africa
Video: Genocide
Due __________________
Watch the video and answer the following questions. NO TALKING!!!
1. What does genocide mean?
2. Who created the term “genocide”? (last name is fine)
3. How did Raphael Lempkin first get people to know about the word “genocide”?
4. Which world organization passed the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of
Genocide?
5. Genocides often occur during what events?
6. What is the process of convincing soldier and civilians that a group is no longer human?
7. Where did the Armenian Massacre take place? (country)
8. What group was blamed for the economic problems of Germany?
9. How many Jews were killed in the Holocaust?
10. Why didn’t the Allies do anything to stop the Holocaust?
11. How many Nazi war criminals were sentenced to death?
12. What was Adolph Eichman’s defense at his trial?
13. What type of society did Pol Pot want to recreate in Cambodia?
14. What was Slobodan Milosevic’s campaign to rid Serbia of non-Serbians?
15. Why did UN peacekeepers not fight to defend the Muslims in Bosnia?
16. How many were killed in Rwanda?
17. What crime were the three journalist found guilty of committing?
18. How can social media help fight possible future genocides?
19. Using the quote at the end of the video, what are the possible consequences of NOT
speaking up against genocide?
Discussion Questions
Discuss and answer the following questions in your assigned groups:
20. Should countries like the US send troops or planes to fight genocides in other countries?
(1pt)
Why or why not? (2pts)
21. How could treatment of Native Americans be or NOT be considered a genocide? (2pts)
22. While not as serious as genocide, how is bullying at school comparable to genocide?
(2pts)