Question 1

What is Armistice Day?

Accepted Answer

The day celebrated for when Allied forces forced Germany to surrender in WWI

(November 11, 1918)

Question 2

What was the Armenian Genocide?

Accepted Answer

The systemic murder and cleansing of Armenians in Turkey, under the Ottoman government

(Turks claimed the Armenians were working with Russia, the enemy during WWI)

Question 3

What is a genocide?

Accepted Answer

Delibrate killing of a large number of people, based on their ethnicity/nationality/religion/race

Question 4

What was the influenza pandemic (Spanish Flu)?

Accepted Answer

A deadly pandemic in 1918, killing millions of soldiers returning home from WWI

Question 5

What is the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic?

Accepted Answer

An epidemic affects a single country/region

A pandemic affects multiple countries/regions

(the influenza epidemic became a pandemic in 1919)

Question 6

What was the Lost Generation?

Accepted Answer

A social generation, describing those suffering from the shock of WWI

(lost=disoriented, wandering, directionless)

Question 7

What was the Holodomor?

Accepted Answer

A massive famine in the Ukraine killing 7-10 million peasants, some of which resorted to cannibalism

(debate on the causes: Stalin's collectivization, intentional genocide, and natural causes are all considered)

Question 8

Who was Heinrich Himmler?

Accepted Answer

Leader of the Nazi special police force, who oversaw the removal of Slavs, Poles, and Roma/Gypsies from their home

Question 9

What was the Final Solution?

Accepted Answer

A campaign led by the Nazi secret police (SS) to kill all Jews in Europe

(initially shot Jews and buried them in mass grades, but later turned to rounding Jews up and shipping them to concentration camps)

Question 10

What was the Holocaust?

Accepted Answer

The genocide of European Jews during WWII

(systematically murdered six million Jews, about 2/3 of the total European Jewish population)

Question 11

What was Asia for Asiatics?

Accepted Answer

A Japanese program during WWII, where Japan forced conquered people into labor programs

(forced women into prostitution for Japanese soldiers)

Question 12

What is firebombing?

Accepted Answer

A technique designed to damage an urban area using fire, rather than explosions

(used by the Allies against Hamburg and Dresden, with large casualties; also used by the US against Tokyo)

Question 13

Who was Slobodan Milošević?

Accepted Answer

A Serbian demagogue and nationalist who was emphatic about ethnic purity

(eventually accused 66 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and various war crimes)

Question 14

What is balkanization?

Accepted Answer

A disorderly fragmentation of a state into a bunch of smaller states

Question 15

What did Serb forces do in attempt to dominate states such as Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo?

Accepted Answer

Committed horrific acts of ethnic cleansing against Muslims from Bosnia and Kosovo

Question 16

What caused the Rwandan Genocide?

Accepted Answer

Belgian colonizers treated the minority Tutsis better than the majority Hutus

Caused the Hutus to resent the Tutsis, so when they finally won power after Rwanda's independence they discriminated against the Tutsis

Attempted peace, but eventually led to mass genocide

Question 17

What was the Breakup of Yugoslavia?

Accepted Answer

A series of events that balkanized Yugoslavia into a bunch of smaller states, killing over 300,000 people

(occurred after the fall of the Soviet Union)

Question 18

Who were the Tutsis and Hutus?

Accepted Answer

Ethnic groups in Rwanda, that formed opposing sides during the Rwandan genocide

Belgian colonizers treated minority Tutsis better, leading to resentment from Hutus which would cause the genocide

Question 19

What was the Rwandan Genocide?

Accepted Answer

A massive genocide in 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War

Members of the Tutsi minority, and moderate Hutus, were slaughtered in mass

(500,00 to 1,000,000 civilians were killed)

Question 20

What was the role of international countries in the Rwandan Genocide?

Accepted Answer

The UN and US did very little to stop the conflict or evacuate civilians

(focused attention on the lack of leadership in the international community)

Question 21

What was the Darfur genocide?

Accepted Answer

A mass slaughter and rape of Darfur people in Sudan in 2003

(killed over 200,000 people and created a huge refugee crisis that spilled into Chad)

Question 22

How did the Darfur Genocide happen?

Accepted Answer

Darfur rebel groups composed of non-Arabs rebelled against the Arabic Sudanese Government

In response, the government sent Janjaweed (Arab militants) to destroy the region

Question 23

Who were the Janjaweed?

Accepted Answer

Arab militants that the Arabic Sudanese government unleashed on Darfur, creating the Darfur Genocide

(translates to "evil men on horseback")

Question 24

Who is Omar al-Bashir?

Accepted Answer

Former Sudanese President, who is charged with war crimes for the Darfur Genocide

(charged by the International Criminal Court and convicted of corruption; deposed in a 2019 coup)

7.8 - Mass Atrocities after 1900, AP World History: Modern Flashcards