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First Test Flashcards

1
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Genocide

A

Killing a large group of people, in whole or in part, with the intent to destroy.

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2
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Two components to the word Genocide

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Geno, referring to tribe/ nation
Cide, referring to killing
Groups of people being killed

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3
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Raphael Lemkin

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A Polish Jew, who created the term “Genocide”, that was not used until the mid 1900’s.

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4
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The four protected groups

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National, racial, ethnic, and religious

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5
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Two other acts, that are NOT killing

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Causing serious bodily or mental harm

Forcing people to be transported

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6
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“as such” ?

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The whole list, “such as” would be some of the many, “as such” is all of them

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7
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Year of the U.N. convention

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1948

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National Sovereignty

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The ability for states to do things for themselves, such as laws, taxes, war, etc.

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Intent vs, Motive

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Intent is purposefully doing something

Motive is a secret reason for doing something

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Namas (Hottentots)

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Smaller group, similar to Herero, language with clicking

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The dessert into which the Herero were driven

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The Kalahari Dessert

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12
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Lothar van Trotha

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Saw negotiation as weak, wanted to destroy the Herero

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13
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Primary basis of economy for Herero and Nama

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Cattle

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14
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Shark Island

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Bot really an island, more just rock ground that the Herero and Nama were forced on as a concentration camp

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15
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Beginning and end of the Second Reich

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1871-1918

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16
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Berlin Conference of 1884-1885

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The Germans were given South-West Africa, now Namibia, as a colony. It was to have Germans increase living space

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17
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Theodor Leutwein

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Believed in negotiating treaties with the tribes regarding ownership of the land, this went again the German belief of them being the superior race

18
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Lebensraum

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The territory that a nation believes is needed for natural development

19
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Two reasons the Herero rebelled

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Leutwein was not there at the moment, the girls were being rapped, some even to death, and the heavy loss of their land

20
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The humiliation that Germans suffered, causing the genocide

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When Trotha was gone, the Herero rebelled and launched their first attack, writhing a few days everything the Germans built was attacked; over 100 Germans were killed

21
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Leutwein‘s way of dealing with the Herero

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He tried to bargain with them to get their land, but they needed the land for their cattle based economy

22
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Battle of Waterberg

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Aug. 11-12, 1904

23
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Fried rich von Lindequist

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Governor of German South-West Africa

24
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Hamidian Massacres

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The Sultan of the Ottoman Empire was obsessed with the Armenians, and killed about 250,000 Armenians

25
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Significance of the Hamidian Massacres to the Armenian Genocide

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The hate toward the Christian Armenians from the Turks was always there, for years

26
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Significance of the Battle of Gallipoli

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Churchill planned to attack Constantinople, but could not get through with his ships due to the Turks having the high ground

27
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Balkan Wars

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The Ottoman Empire lost much of it’s land, and blamed the Armenians for it

28
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Two Axis countries during WWI

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Turkey and Germany allied, to go against Russia

29
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Pan-Turkism

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Turkey needed cultural unification

30
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Mustafa Kemal

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President of Turkey during the Armenian Genocide

31
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Pan-Turanism

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Turkey needed geographical unification

32
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Three reforms promised by the Young Turks

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  1. Everyone will be equal
  2. Free exercise of religion
  3. Everyone gains a free education
33
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Battle of Sarikamish

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Turkey and Russia had a battle, and Russia won, resulting in the Turks blaming Armenians for the loss

34
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Two allies during WWI

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USA, and Russia

35
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Committee of Union and Progress (CUP)

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The group the Young Turks belonged to

36
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Two other Christian groups that weren’t Armenians

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Assyrians and Greeks

37
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Der Zor

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Armenians were forced to death marches from where they lived to Der Zor, which was far south

38
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Henry Morgenthau

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USA ambassador who spoke against the Armenian Genocide

39
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The three leaders of the Armenian Genocide

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Talaat, Enver, and Djemal

40
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How WWI made it easier to kill the Armenians

A

It was easier for them to cover it up, by stating it was losses due to the war

41
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April 24, 1915

A

The Armenian Genocide officially began

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