Conflict in the Middle East

Question 1

Which of these would be considered genocide under the UN definition? Check all that apply.

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D: forced to live in ghettos; E: denied food and medicine; F: sent to concentration camps to be killed

Question 2

According to this excerpt, what does the author consider to be the worst part of the deportation during the Armenian genocide?

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C: permanent separation of many families

Question 3

The genocides in Cambodia and Bosnia were both examples of . In each case, the majority group tried to eliminate the minority groups in the country.

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B: ethnic cleansing

Question 4

The military dictatorship in violently reacted to the opposition of the Maya, who demanded greater rights for their native population.

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B: Guatemala

Question 5

In , the effort was organized and systematic, with the creation of re-education camps and killing fields.

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C: Cambodia

Question 6

The genocide in resulted from a struggle between Arab nomadic tribes and non-Arab agricultural groups.

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A: Darfur

Question 7

In , the effort was less organized as different groups fought for control of territory, resulting in massacres like the one at Srebrenica.

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A: Bosnia

Question 8

The Tutsi were the victims of genocide in at the hands of the Hutu rulers.

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B: Rwanda

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