Genocides - Countries

Question 1

How long did the Armenian genocide last?

Answer 1

1915-1922 (7 years)

Question 2

When did the Armenian genocide start?

Answer 2

April 24, 1915

Question 3

What important groups and people were apart of the Armenian genocide?

Answer 3

Young Turk - Mehmed Talaat, Ismail Enver
Three Pashas ‘ Ahmed Djemal

Question 4

Who were the victims of the Armenian genocide?

Answer 4

Armenian Christians

Question 5

Who were the perpetraitors of the Armenian genocide?

Answer 5

Muslim Turks (Young Turks)

Question 6

How many were killed in the Armenian genocide?

Answer 6

1.5 million

Question 7

What genocide was the second most studied?

Answer 7

The Armenian

Question 8

What genocide did Hitler use as a ‘blueprint’ for the holocaust?

Answer 8

The Armenian

Question 9

What were the 2 phases of murder during the Armenian genocide?

Answer 9

• massacaring the able-bodied men - working to death
  -deporting women, sick, elderly, and kids - death march to the Syrian Desert

Question 10

What is another named for the Ukranian genocide?

Answer 10

Holodomer

Question 11

How long did Holodomer last?

Answer 11

1932-1933 (1 year)

Question 12

What important groups and people were apart of the Ukrainian genocide (Holodomor)?

Answer 12

Stalin

Question 13

Who were the victims of Holodomor?

Answer 13

Ukrainians - rural citizens and rich farmrs (kulaks)

Question 14

What are rich Ukrainian farmers called?

Answer 14

Kulaks

Question 15

Who were the perpetraitors of Holodomor?

Answer 15

Stalin and the Soviet Communist Regime

Question 16

How many people were killed in Holodomor?

Answer 16

5-7 millions

Question 17

What % of Ukrainians died in Holodomor?

Answer 17

~25%

Question 18

How many children died in Holodomor?

Answer 18

3 million

Question 19

What was a cause of Holodomor?

Answer 19

Stalin felt kulaks were a threat to power. When food quotas weren’t met Stalin withheld food causing people to starve

Question 20

Could people talk about Holodomor while it was happening?

Answer 20

No

Question 21

How long did the Holocaust last?

Answer 21

1938-1945

Question 22

How long did the killing last during the Holocaust?

Answer 22

~3 years

Question 23

What are some imporant groups and people that were involved with the Holocaust?

Answer 23

Nazis, adolf Hitler, Arynas, Henrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels

Question 24

Who were the victims of the Holocaust?

Answer 24

Jews, Jehovah’s witnesses, gypsies, gay poeple, literally everyone

Question 25

Who were the perpetraitors of the Holocaust?

Answer 25

Nazi's + collaborators

Question 26

How many people were killed during the Holocaust?

Answer 26

12 million

Question 27

How many Jewish people were killed during the Holocaust? What about the others?

Answer 27

6 million Jews, 6 million others

Question 28

How many Jewish children died during the Holocaust?

Answer 28

1.5 million

Question 29

What fraction of Jews were killed in Europe during the Holocaust?

Answer 29

2/3

Question 30

What does 'Holocaust' mean?

Answer 30

Total destruction by fire

Question 31

Who was Heinrich Himmler and what did he do?

Answer 31

the second in command of the Nazi Party, basically made it happen, the 'architect' of the Holocaust

Question 32

Who was Joseph Goebbal and what did he do?

Answer 32

He was in charge of the propaganda during the Holocaust

Question 33

What makes the Holocaust unique?

Answer 33

There was high technology, victims were docutmented. There were also horrible methods for killing in 'the name of science'.

Question 34

How long did the Cambodian genocide last?

Answer 34

1975-1979 (4 years)

Question 35

When did the Cambodian genocide begin?

Answer 35

April 17, 1975

Question 36

What are some important groups and people involved in the Cambodian genocide?

Answer 36

Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot

Question 37

Who were the vicitms of the Cambodian genocide?

Answer 37

Cambodians (non Khmer Rouge civilians)

Question 38

Who were the perpetraitors of the Cambodian genocide?

Answer 38

Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot

Question 39

How many people were murdered during the Cambodian genocide?

Answer 39

1.5-3 million

Question 40

What % of the Cambodian population were murdered during the genocide?

Answer 40

~25%

Question 41

What is S-21?

Answer 41

a notorious prision (that used to be a school) in Cambodia

Question 42

How many people died in S-21? How many survived?

Answer 42

20,000 murdered, 7 survived

Question 43

What and when was Year Zero?

Answer 43

1975 - Cambodians were to have no religion, money, private property, education, etc. As if setting the clock/years back to 0

Question 44

What did the KR want to turn Cambodia into?

Answer 44

a 'classless' society

Question 45

How long was the Rwandan genocide?

Answer 45

April-July 1994

Question 46

When did the Rwandan genocide start?

Answer 46

April 7, 1994 (April 6, 1994 plane with Rwandan president shot dpwn, genocide started the next day)

Question 47

What are some important groups and people involved with the Rwandan genocide?

Answer 47

Hutus and Tutsis

Question 48

Who were the victims of the Rwandan genocide?

Answer 48

Tutsis and moderate Hutus

Question 49

Who were the perpetraitors of the Rwandan genocide?

Answer 49

Hutu civilians, Rwandan Army, National Police, governemtn-backed militans (Interahamwe)

Question 50

How many people were murdered during the Rwandan genocide?

Answer 50

1 million

Question 51

What % of Rwandans died during the genocide?

Answer 51

~20%

Question 52

What % of Tusis died during the Rwandan genocide?

Answer 52

~70%

Question 53

How were the Belgians involved with the Rwandan genocide?

Answer 53

They divided the tribes and gave Tutsis the advantage

Question 54

Did the world help with the Rwandan genocide?

Answer 54

No

Question 55

What are some unique things about the Rwandan genocide?

Answer 55

it was very low tech, many peole paid to die. There were rape squads - Tusis women were purposely infected with HIV

Question 56

What weapons were mainly used dur the Rwandan genocide?

Answer 56

Machetes