Unit 5: Paper 1 — Conflict and Intervention
Topic 5.1: Rwanda (1990–1998) Questions
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What event on 6 April 1994 acted as the trigger for the genocide?
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Who led the RPF forces that captured Kigali and ended the genocide in July 1994?
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In which month and year did Hutu extremists begin the mass killing of Tutsi and moderate Hutu in Rwanda?
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Which colonial power hardened the Hutu-Tutsi difference into a rigid racial hierarchy and issued identity cards in the 1930s?
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The refugee crisis and the armed groups in the camps helped trigger which wider conflict, and what was one of its results?
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Which event on 6 April 1994 acted as the immediate trigger for the genocide?
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Which two systems did Rwanda use to seek justice for the genocide?
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Which country launched Opération Turquoise, a UN-approved 'safe zone', in June 1994?
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Approximately how many people were killed during the Rwandan genocide, and over roughly what period?
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What was the name of the Hutu-extremist radio station that called Tutsi 'cockroaches' and urged Hutu to kill them?
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How did the UN Security Council respond to the killing of ten Belgian peacekeepers in late April 1994?
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How did the genocide of 1994 come to an end?
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The 1993 peace deal that agreed to share power with the RPF, and which Hutu extremists rejected, was known as the:
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On what date did the RPF invade Rwanda from Uganda, beginning the civil war?
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Where did around two million Hutu refugees mainly flee to in mid-1994, and what disaster struck the camps?
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According to Source B, identify three things the RTLM broadcast urged its listeners to do or believe.
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With reference to its origin, purpose and content, analyse the value and limitations of Source A for a historian studying the impact of the Rwandan genocide.
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With reference to its origin, purpose and content, analyse the value and limitations of Source D (the described photograph) for a historian studying the refugee crisis.
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Using the sources and your own knowledge, evaluate the claim that hate propaganda was the main cause of the Rwandan genocide.
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Compare and contrast what Sources B and D reveal about how the Tutsi were portrayed by Hutu extremists.
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