Rwandan Genocide
Test your understanding on the Rwandangenocide.
- 1.
Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana was murdered in the genocide. True or False?
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 2.
Which of the following is the decision made by the Security Council about the UN's involvement in the genocide when the UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali approach it?
- A.
Reinforce UNAMIR
- B.
Withdraw the whole operation entirely
- C.
Scale down the operation
Correct Answer
C. Scale down the operation -
- 3.
What are the two ethnic groups involved in the genocide?
Correct Answer
Tutsi, Hutu - 4.
There was about 4000000 people killed during the 100 day genocide
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 5.
Is it true that the Rwandan Military and Hutu militia groups, set out to murder all the Tutsis they could reach, regardless of age or sex, as well as the political moderates among the Hutu.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 6.
Militia group incited Hutu civilians to participate in the killings or be shot in turn, using radio broadcasts to tell them to kill their Tutsi neighbours.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 7.
What event happen that cause the UN members to retreat?
- A.
The Hutus threatening to attack any UN members involved
- B.
The death of 10 Belgian peacekeepers trying to defend Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana, who also was slain
- C.
The mass murder of Tutsis children in a orphanage
- D.
After Tutsis militia group retaliate
Correct Answer
B. The death of 10 Belgian peacekeepers trying to defend Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana, who also was slain -
- 8.
What was the peacekeeping operation named?
Correct Answer
UN Assistance Mission in Rwanda (UNAMIR) - 9.
UN failed to stop the genocide mainly because
- A.
Many UN member states delayed contributing personnel for some time, until the main wave of killings ceased.
- B.
The UN decision to pull away its forces
- C.
The security council decision to scale down the operation
Correct Answer
A. Many UN member states delayed contributing personnel for some time, until the main wave of killings ceased. -
- 10.
The UN have already tried its best to stop the Rwandan genocide, and there nothing more that they could have done to prevent it.How far do you agree with the statement.
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