7.8 Flashcards
Mass Atrocities
Armistice Day
the day Germany surrendered to the Allied powers in WWI, November 11, 2911
Armenians
a minority that faced genocide in Turkey
genocide
attempted killing of a group of people based on race, religion, or ethnicity
influenza epidemic
a mass breakout of the flu when soldiers returned home from WWI
pandemic
a disease prevalent across a large area or an entire continent
Lost Generation
a term for the generation that suffered from the shock of the bloodiest war ever following WWI
Heinrich Himmler
the leader of the Nazi special police who oversaw the removal of Slavic peoples from Germany
Nuremberg Laws
laws that banned Jews from certain professions or schools in Germany
ghettos
terrible towns Jews were forced to live in
“Final Solution”
what the Germans called the genocide of all the Jews in Europe
Holocaust
The Germans killed 6 million Jews in a massive genocide
“Asia for Asiatics”
Japan forced peoples they had conquered, including the Chinese, to work in labor programs like the military or farms.
firebombing
the dropping of bombs in civilian territories that set fire to everything when they land
Hamburg
German city that was firebombed
Dresden
German city that was firebombed
Tokyo
A Japanese city that was firebombed by the US
Bosnia
Country in which Serb nationalists committed genocides against Muslims in the area
Slobodan Milosevicc
Leader of the Serbian nationalists who attempted ethnic cleansing against the Muslims in Bosnia
ethnic cleansing
the genocide of specific ethnic groups
balkanization
Yogoslavia’s movement by the native Serbs to rape and kill millions of Muslims in a genocide
Rwanda
A country containing two ethnic groups, the Tutsis and Hutus. The Tutsis had been treated better while colonized by the Gelgians, so when the Belgians left and the Hutus took over, they discriminated against Tutsis. Tutsis left, formed an army, and then negotiations for peace began until a mass Tutsi genocide broke out by the Hutus
Tutsis
Rwandan ethnic minority group that faced mass genocide from the Hutus in Rwanda
Hutus
Rwandan majority group that executed mass genocide against the Tutsi minority in Rwanda
Darfur
region of Sudan that faced mass genocide by the Muslim government against all non-Muslims
Janjaweed
Sudanese Muslim government militia that executed the non-muslim genocide in Darfur
International Criminal Court
the international court that can charge countries and people with war crimes
Omar al-Bashir
Sudan’s president who oversaw the Darfur genocide and was charged with war crimes. The genocide did not stop when he was charged.
