Name_________________________

Please write either TRUE or FALSE in the space provided:

1. __________ Genocide only occurs when people are killed.

2. __________ Colonialism began to weaken after World War II when

many nations
in Africa and Asia started to move towards independence.

3. _________ The national boundaries that exist in Africa today did not
exist prior
to colonialism.

4. _________ Racial discrimination and racial hatred can lead to both

genocide and
apartheid.

5. _________ The United Nations is an international organization

designed to
maintain the peace and security of the world.

6. _________ Propaganda is a helpful tool in dispersing the truth.

7. _________ The Holocaust was the first example of genocide.

8. _________ The US has a legal obligation to intervene if genocide is

occurring
anywhere in the world.

9. _________ International criminal tribunals are courts that can

prosecute
criminals anywhere in the world for any serious crime.

10. _________ Refugees are people who leave their nation to live in
another nation
for any reason.
Please list the continent where each nation is located:
Sudan: ________________
Bosnia: ________________
Germany: ________________
Cambodia: ________________
Rwanda: _________________
Australia: ________________
Read the following facts along with pages 6&7 (background sheet).
When you have completed the readings, write a brief summary about
what you read. What is your reaction after reading the facts? What
surprised you? What is something new you learned that you did not
know before? Your response should be at least two paragraphs.
Sudan is the largest country in Africa. It is located in the northeastern part of the
continent and bordered by nine countries including Egypt, Ethiopia and Chad;

The conflict in Darfur started in February 2003 as a result of rebel violence

against the Sudanese government, but government-backed militias (the

Janjaweed) quickly moved against civilians in the region;

The violence is ethnically based with the Arab Janjaweed fighting against the
Black villagers it is not religiously based as nearly everyone is Muslim;

Over 400,000 people have been killed so far as a result of the violence in Darfur;

Over half of the villages in Darfur have been burned to the ground;

Over 2.5 million people have been displaced within Darfur and over 200,000
people are living in refugee camps in Chad;

Rape has been used widely as a weapon of war with women and girls prone to
sexual violence when they go out of the camps to look for firewood or fuel;

In November 2006, the World Food Program of the United Nations said that
3.7 million people of the total 6 million people in Darfur need food aid.

While there are international aid organizations helping displaced people (like
Oxfam, CARE, the International Rescue Committee and the UN), not enough
money has been received by these organizations to address the huge need in
Darfur

The International Criminal Court (ICC) opened an investigation in May 2005 to

try to bring the people who are responsible for the committed atrocities to justice;

The Prosecutor of the ICC has requested an arrest warrant be issued for Sudanese
President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, finding him responsible for the genocide in
Darfur.