1) What are the two major groups in Rwanda?
the Hutu and the Tutsi.
2) What group is considered "superior?" Why?
A peace settlement between
the President and the RPF was supposed to bring a halt to the unrest
3) How was this group treated better?
Belgians made the Tutsi the ruling class, giving them better jobs, housing and educational
opportunities and charging them with keeping the Hutu ‘in their place’.
4) How long did the genocide last? How many people were killed during this time?
over 800,000 Rwandans were killed in the space of 100 days
5) Define genocide.
The deliberate killing of a large group of people, esp. those of a particular ethnic group or nation
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