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Chapter 1: The First Genocide of the 21st Century
1. Which neighboring country have many Darfur residents fled to?
Chad
2. What are the men on horseback doing to the people when they raid their villages
in Darfur?
Killing, raping, destroying villages. (Janjaweed)
3. What is the most conservative estimate of number of people dead in Darfur?
200,000 most likely this number is much higher
4. How many have been forced from their homes?
2.5 million, many fled to Chad
5. How many Security Council resolutions have there been calling for action in
Darfur?
0 resolutions
Chapter 2: Darfur becomes a Burgeoning Crisis
6. How long had the Civil war been going on in Sudan between the north and South?
10 years
7. The Civil War is between the Muslim government in the north (Khartoum)
and largely _____Christian____________________ people in the South.
8. What did China help to develop in the Sudan?
Oil reserves, exports
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9. Economically what are Darfur and other remote parts of the Sudan like?
Poor, desolate, impoverished, troubled, pre-developing, not very good.
10. In 2003 which part of Sudan was prospering while Darfur remained poor?
Khartoum, the capital city, comparable to a middle income city
11. What type of groups emerged to claim a share of the new oil wealth?
Janjaweed, as well as muslims, and government forces
12. How did the government (based in Khartoum) respond to these rebel groups'
attacks?
Support, almost like state-sponsored terrorism
13. Which groups did the Sudanese government arm?
Janjaweed
14. The government does not pay the Janjaweed so what is their motivation?
Land, looting. They also have fundamental Islamic beliefs that make them antChristian.
Chapter 3: A UN official presses the World to Act
Spokesmen Mukesh Kapila - UN Coordinator for the Sudan
15. When the UN coordinator for the Sudan confronted the Sudanese with evidence
about the crisis in Darfur how did they respond?
Denial, lack of effort or motivation to do anything.
16. When he went to the U.N., why was the U.N. hesitant to take action?
Did not want to raise issues that may disrupt the peace process that was
already underway in the South. (Civil War)
17. What are the estimates of the number that have died in Darfur?
Upwards of 500,000
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Chapter Four: History repeats itself
18. What is this chapter about? (answer this one after viewing the chapter)
The idea that the U.N. continues to be unsuccessful at preventing and ending
violations against human rights.
19. What other parts of the world did peacekeeping missions fail?
Rwanda, Bosnia (Srebenicica)
20. In the spring of 2004, Mr. Kapila was frustrated by the lack of U.N. action, what
did he do?
Go public with his anger and frustration with the U.N. by going on BBC news to
make his feeling clear.
Chapter 5: Darfur reaches the UN Security Council
21. What were two of Sudan’s political allies in the Security Council?
China and Russia
22. What does China have at oil installations in the Sudan?
Troops and political influence over Sudanese oil
23. How many Security Council Resolutions were written about Sudan/Darfur in
2004?
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24. What would happen when Sudan ignored the resolutions?
Nothing would happen, because they knew China had their back.
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25. Which country pushed for meaningful action against Sudan?
U.S.A.
26. What are many third world nations concerned about that the U.S. has done in the
past?
Too much influence over governments. Attempts to spread democracy to
different regions. (Middle East)
27. What did Colin Powell report on August 2004?
Acts of Genocide had been confirmed.
Chapter 6: Seven more UN resolutions
28. Describe the 7 resolutions passed in 2005.
A more aggressive effort to secure the victims in Darfur, and punish people
deemed responsible.
29. Describe the "responsibility to protect" clause in the Canadian Prime Minister's
speech at the World Summit.
Chapter 7: 8 more UN resolutions
30. According to Resolution 1706, how many more African Union troops did the
resolution try to send to Darfur?
20,000?
31. What had China agreed to?
Cooperate with the resolutions, only because they wanted to uphold a good
image for the 2008 Summer Olympics
32. Who is the UNICEF Ambassador?
33. What happened in the neighboring country of Chad?
Violence spilled across their border, genocide occurred in their refugee
camps.
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34. What is the name of the US based coalition that has began to work with UNICEF
Ambassador?
35. What has the movement been able to persuade some companies, universities,
and other to do?
Chapter 8: 2007 A Flicker of Hope
36. Why wasn’t the resolution to refer this case to the International Court of Justice
(ICJ) vetoed?
37. In March 2007 what did Pres. Bush place on Sudan and call for other countries to
do?
Sanctions
38.. What event was going to happen in China in 2008?
Summer Olympics
39.. What slogan are Reeves and other activist using to gain China’s attention?
“The Genocide Olympics”
40. What did China finally do to the Khartoum government in Sudan?
41. What did the Security Council finally agree to do on July 31, 2007?
Hold Sudanese officials responsible for the genocide accountable in the
International Court of Justice.
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