The Armenian Genocide (copy)

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Genocide

the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the intention of fully destroying them

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the Ottoman Empire

a multi-ethnic country with Ottoman rulers

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Armenians

ethnic minority Christians that lived in the Ottoman Empire

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what religion were the Ottomans?

Muslim

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why did the Ottomans commit the Armenian Genocide?

they viewed Armenians as a threat to Turkification

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Turkification

forced transition from the multicultural Ottoman Empire to a homogenous Turkish state

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why did the Ottomans see the Armenians as a threat to Turkification?

  1. large population

  2. Armenian nationalist demands for independence

  3. ties to foreign powers (e.g. Russia)

  4. occupation in strategic regions

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Diaspora

the spread of a people from their original homeland

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what is the legacy of the genocide?

  • led to Armenian diaspora

  • influenced the Holocaust during WW2