Genocides and Segregation

Flashcards reviewing key terms and concepts related to genocides, segregation, and related events.

Miscegenation Laws

Laws regarding the prohibition of marriage between different races.

Apartheid

A system of racial segregation and discrimination that was enforced in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.

Segregation

The process of separating groups of people based on race or ethnicity.

Slobodan Milosevic

Key figure in Kosovo conflict.

Paul Rusesabagina

Manager of the Mille Collines hotel in Rwanda, who sheltered refugees during the Rwandan genocide.

Juvenal Habyarimana

President of Rwanda whose assassination sparked the Rwandan genocide.

Paul Kagame

Former leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front and President of Rwanda.

Romeo Dallaire

UN peacekeeper during the Rwandan genocide.

Janjaweed

Arab militia group involved in the Darfur conflict.

Raphael Lemkin

A lawyer who coined the term genocide.

Genocide Convention

International agreement that defines genocide and obligates signatory nations to prevent and punish it.

Moscow Declaration

A declaration during World War II that condemned Nazi atrocities against Jews.

Church Councils

Religious assemblies that historically enacted anti-Jewish decrees.

Martin Luther

Religious leader who espoused anti-Jewish sentiments.

Nuremberg Laws

Discriminatory laws enacted in Nazi Germany that deprived Jews of their rights.

Einsatzgruppen/S.S.

Nazi killing squads responsible for mass murder during the Holocaust.

Heinrich Himmler

High-ranking Nazi official and key architect of the Holocaust.

Wannsee Conference

Meeting of Nazi officials to plan the Final Solution.

Genocide

A systematic destruction of all or a significant part of a racial, ethnic, religious or national group.

Interahamwe Militia

Militia that perpetrated the Rwandan genocide.

Rwandan Patriotic Front

Military force of Rwandan Tutsi refugees

Ethnic Cleansing

The act of deliberately removing a group of people from a territory.

Death Camps

The act of killing a group of people.

Concentration Camps

A place of forced imprisonment and labor.

Labor Camps

A place for forced labor without pay.

Holocaust

The systematic state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.

Kosovo Liberation Army

An armed group that sought the independence of Kosovo from Serbia.

Hutu

Ethnic majority group in Rwanda

Tutsi

Ethnic minority group in Rwanda

Origins of Apartheid

The study of the origins of apartheid and the implementation of laws.

Wannsee conference

An official meeting of Nazis to discuss the plan for the Final Solution.

Stages of the Holocaust

The stages of the Holocaust.

Key Figures

Figures who played a vital role in the Holocaust.

Kosovo(1989-2002)

The historical and ethnic conflicts in Kosovo.

Methods Used

The various methods used in the genocides.

Role of the Outside

The outside factors with the conflicts.

Int'l reaction and impact

The international reaction and impact of the Rwandan Genocide.

Social/economic consequences

The social and economic consequences.

Political impact

The political impact.

Early Anti-Semitism

The origins of anti-semitism, and anti-Jewish myths.

Universal Stages of Genocide

The universal stages of genocide.

History of Conflict

Historical background and timeline of the Darfur conflict.

Response of int'l community

The international community's response to the Darfur conflict.

Cambodian

Conflicts in Cambodia.

Armenian

Conflicts in Armenia.

Rwanda

A conflict in Rwanda.

Causes of conflict

The causes and review of the conflict in Kosovo.

Key figures

Figures of genocides.

Legal Maneuvers

The legal system used for the separation.

Hutu vs. Tutsi

The conflict of Hutu VS. Tutsi.

Laws 1948-1963

Laws that were made for genocides.

Other 20th Century Genocides

The genocide of Rwanda.

Course and intervention

The timeline.