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38 Cards in this Set
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1. What are four main bodies of the United Nations?
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General Assembly
Security Council Secretariat International Court of Justice |
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2. Who is the current Secretary General?
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Ban-Ki-Moon
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3. What special power does the Security Council have?
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the power to veto UN decisions
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4. Who are the 5 permanent member of the UN Security Council?
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China
France Russia United Kingdom United States |
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5. Where are the UN headquarters located?
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New York City
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6. What are three parts of the UN Declaration of Human Rights?
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1. No one should be held in slavery or servitude
2. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 3. Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law |
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7. What are four Millennium Goals of the UN?
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Universal Primary education
Gender equality Fighting HIV Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger |
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8. The United Nations was created according to the UN charter for what three reasons?
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spare future generations from war
protect human rights promote social progress |
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9. What European nation was the first to arrive in Rwanda?
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Germany
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10. Why did this nation feel that the Tutsi people were superior (3 reasons):
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1). they were obsessed with the study of “race’
2). they believed the Tutsi were more “white” 3). the Tutsi were in power at the time |
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11. When did Belgium take possession of Rwanda?
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After WWI
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12. List the ways Belgium created tension (polarized) between the Hutu and Tutsi (4 ways).
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Converted Tutsi to the Roman Catholic Church
Allowed Tutsis to be literate Issued ID cards to both groups Gave the Tutsi control of the electoral system |
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13. Define: HUTU
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Ethnic majority in Rwanda
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14. Define:TUTSI
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Ethnic Minority in Rwanda
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15. Define:Rwandan Patriotic Front
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Army of Rwandan Exiles
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16. Define:Kigali
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Capital of Rwanda, where the president was assassinated
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17. Define:APC’s
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Tanks, their arrival was delayed by the United States
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18. Define:UNAMIR
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UN peacekeeping mission and soldiers in Rwanda
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19. What did the Hutu do after the Rwandan president’s plane was shot down?
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Rounded up and massacred the Tutsi
Killed political moderates including Hutus |
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20. True or False? the UN increased the number of peacekeepers in Rwanda when the violence started
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False
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21. True or False? The Interhamwe were the Hutu killers
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True
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22. True or False? Paul is an active Hutu extremist at the beginning of the film Hotel Rwanda
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False
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23. True or False? In the beginning of the film Paul is confident that the UN and western nations will send help to stop the killings
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True
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24. True or False? The western reporters covering Rwanda are confident the massacre will receive top coverage on the news
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True
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25. True or False? The INTERHAMWE used radio broadcasts to assist in the killings
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True
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26. True or False? Paul gets his family members out of Rwanda successfully before the start of the killings.
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False
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27) List reasons for conflicts in Sub-Saharan countries (3 reasons).
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Unstable governments
continuing competition for resources tribal rivalries |
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28) List the legacies of imperialism in Sub-Saharan Africa (3 reasons).
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national borders created without regard to tradition tribal areas
intense competition for natural resources lack of experience in political and economic leadership |
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28) What is a refugee?
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A person who escapes to another country to avoid danger or discrimination
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29) Describe apartheid?
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Political, economic, and legal discrimination against non-whites
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Define genocide?
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Systematic killing of all the people from a national, ethnic, or religious group
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31) What is the impact of the AIDS epidemic in Africa?
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Decreasing life expectancy has created economic and social instability
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32)What is Neo-Imperialism? How has neo-imperialism affected African countries?
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Political independence gained by former colonies while remaining economically dependent
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33) Why did dictatorships rise in many Sub-Saharan African nations?
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Large uneducated populations
lack of political stability agriculturally based economies |
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36. Imperialism
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Occupation and control of one nation by another stronger nation
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38. Tribalism
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Conflicts rooted in century long group divisions
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39. Globalization
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integration of world economies and societies
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40. Refugees
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Individuals that have been displaced by fear of being persecuted. Lives outside of nationality
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