Important Dates/Statistics
Ethnic Groups
Canadian Contribution
UN
Aftermath/Legacy
100

The year The Rwandan Genocide occurred.

1994

100

The minority ethnic group of the two groups that made most of the population of Rwanda.

Tutsi

100

The nation with the most contribution to the UN peacekeeping missions in Rwanda between 1993-1995

Canada

100

The events of the Rwandan Genocide were largely the ______'s fault. 

UN

100

The UN Peacekeeping Program's reputation was ______ after Rwanda.

Destroyed


200

The Rwandan Genocide lasted ____ days.

100

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200

The majority ethnic group in Rwanda.

Hutu

200

The leader of the UN Rwanda peacekeeping mission.

Romeo Dallaire 

200

True or False: The UN hadn't been warned that a genocide would occur prior to the events of the Rwandan Genocide

False


200

The scarred returning veterans were left with _______

PTSD

300

The Rwandan Genocide led to the slaughter of this many Rwandans.

800,000


300

The Tutsi-led rebel militia responsible for the start of the 1990 Rwandan Civil War.

Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF)

300

The UNAMIR consisted of approximately _____ Canadian troops. 

600

300

The name of the Canadian-led UN Rwanda peacekeeping mission.

UNAMIR

300

The killings of the Rwandan Genocide outpaced this well-known genocide. 

The Holocaust


400

The date of assassination of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana, immediately followed by the events of the Genocide.

April 6, 1994


400

The systematic murdering of Tutsis was carried out by Rwandan government forces and the _____

Interahamwe (Gangs of extremist Hutus)

400

The leader of the Second UNAMIR. 

Guy Tousignant

400

The UN deployed ______ troops to the Second UNAMIR.

5500

400

"It was not a mission, it was a _______."

Nightmare


500

The date marking the beginning of the civil war that increased tensions within Rwanda.

Oct. 1, 1990

500

This nation influenced the division between Tutsis and Hutus, losing governance to Rwandan independence in 1962.

Belgium

500

The Canadian troops deployed after the Genocide were tasked with ______ and ______

Restoration and Humanitarian Aid 

500

UN Peacekeepers had no choice but to be bystanders to the Genocide because they lacked ______

Mandate to use military force

500

The 2006 novel by Eric Walters revealing the struggles of a homeless veteran who endured the Rwandan Genocide.

Shattered