Colonization
Between 1904 to 1907, this colonial power enacted the first genocide in Africa after the colonization of Ruanda-Burundi in 1899 during the Scramble for Africa
Who is Germany?
The ideology of the Hutu Power Movement was this
What is all Tutsi and Hutu that disagreed with them must go?
The creation of a Hutu government caused this response by the Tutsi
What is fleeing the country?
The population’s majority who practiced mainly agriculture and farming.
Who are the Hutu?
The political and social instability caused by the civil war led to this agreement, signed in August 1993, calling for the shared power between the government and the RPF
What are the Arusha Accords?
This country was mandated Ruanda-Urundi after World War One by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919
Who is Belgium?
This group, which would later be responsible for the majority of deaths in the genocide, was formed in 1991 and received armed military training and propaganda
What is the Interahamwe?
This group was formed in 1986 by Tutsi who had been exiled in the conflict of the 50s, 60s, and 70s
What is the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)?
The principle of the RPF, which claimed to not be an anti-Hutu group, was this
What is oppose Habyarimana’s government and its policies of discrimination and violence against Tutsi and moderate non-Party Hutus?
This government, lasting from 1973 to 1990, was formed after Habyarimana overthrew President Kayibanda by a coup
What is the Second Republic of Rwanda?
The Belgians found it easier to control the population by implementing this idea to create division
What is a false race theory that the Tutsi were superior?
This was the most elite Hutu Power group that defined and advocated for Hutu Power
What is the Akazu?
The invasion of the RPF from this country led to the creation of the Hutu Power Movement in 1991
What is Uganda?
This station broadcasted anti-Tutsi propaganda from its start in 1993 and was one of the most effective propaganda methods used
What is the Radio des Mille Collines (RTLM)?
The suspected motive for the assassination of Habyarimana is this betrayal
What are Habyarimana’s peace talks and appeasement with Burundi and the RPF and the unpopular Arusha Accords within the Hutu Power Movement?
The Belgians aligned themselves with the Tutsi, which they saw as the superior race, for these reasons (name all 3)
What are similar features (tall & slim), ownership of cows (feudalism & wealth), and the perception of having greater intelligence?
This paramilitary militia planted Hutu Power firmly in the government with little to no Tutsi representation
What is the Impuzamugambi?
In 1959, this Hutu emancipation party launched an uprising after the death of King Mutari III
What is PARMEHUTU?
The Hutu Power Movement was able to spread messages of fear after this economic crisis occured in 1980
What is the drop global price of coffee, the main export of Rwanda?
President Habyarimana created a single-party state, allowing only this party to be legal
What is the National Revolutionary Movement for Development (MRND)?
Belgians issued identification cards that permanently classified the ethnicity of each person in this year
What is 1933?
This group consisted of the most radical members of Habyarimana’s party and was formed in 1992 to be far enough away from the government to not raise international suspicion
What is the Coalition for the Defense of the Republic (CDR)?
Three days after invading Rwanda, this leader of the RPF took control after his friend, Fred Rwigyema, died in battle
Who is Paul Kagame?
Although no suspect(s) were charged, this group was suspected to be responsible for Habyarimana’s assassination attempt
Who is Habyarimana’s presidential guard, possibly with French help?
On this day, President Habyarimana and President Ntaryamira of Burundi were killed as two missiles hit the plane they were coming home in from peace talks
What is April 6, 1994?