United Nations
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
8 Stages of Genocide
Misc 1
Misc 2
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The UN was founded during this year.
What is 1945
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The UDHR was adopted during this year.
What is 1948
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This stage of Genocide creates and Us v. Them mentality.
What is Stage 1: Classification
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Approximately how many people have died from Genocide in "our time"?
What is 100 million
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This organization was the predecessor to the United Nations.
What is the League of Nations
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This is the most powerful body of the United Nations.
What is the Security Council
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This woman from the United States, chaired the UDHR drafting committee.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt
200
This stage of genocide is when one group looks upon another as less than human.
What is Stage 3: Dehumanization
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This international principle is what the defendants at the Nuremberg Trial used as their defense.
What is State Sovereignty
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This man was responsible for creating the word Genocide.
Who is Raphael Lemkin
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The United Nations is headquartered in this city.
What is New York City
300
The UDHR has this many articles.
What is 30
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This stage of Genocide is when mass killing legally becomes Genocide.
What is Stage 7: Extermination
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This document is known as the world's first charter of Human Rights?
What is the Cyrus Cylinder
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The Nazi War criminals were charged with 3 crimes during the Nuremberg Trials. Identify 1 of those crimes.
What are Crimes against Peace, Crimes against Humanity, Violating the rules of War
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This many countries are currently a part of the United Nations.
What is 193
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Article 5 of the UDHR states that no one shall be subjected to this type of punishment.
What is torture.
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This stage of Genocide is when the groups who have been classified are driven away and separated from society.
What is Stage 5: Polarization
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After the Cyrus Cylinder, there were a number of other important documents in the History of Human Rights. Identify three of them.
What is Magna Carta, The Petition of Right, The Declaration of Independence, the Declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen, U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, Geneva Conventions
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This is the actual translation of the term genocide.
What is Geno = Race Cide = Killing....Race Killing
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The UN's mission is to Encourage respect for Human Rights, Develop good relations between countries, and this.
What is Maintain world peace
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Article 15 of the UDHR states everyone has a right to this.
What is a Nationality
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This stage of Genocide takes many forms, such as Jew, Gypsy, Hutu, Tutsi, etc...
What is Stage 2: Symbolization
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There are 5 acts which can be considered Genocide. Identify 3 of those acts.
What is Killing members of the group, Causing serious bodily or mental harm, Deliberately inflicting conditions of life to bring about destruction, Preventing births, Forcibly transferring children
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The United States refuses to join the permanent court put together by the UN to try those accused of genocide and war crimes. Identify that court.
What is the International Criminal Court or ICC
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