Genocide Exam II Study Guide

You should be able to:

• Describe the political climate in the Ottoman Empire prior to World War I.

• Describe life for the Armenians and other minority groups in the Ottoman Empire prior to World War I.

• Discuss the role of World War I in the development of the Armenian genocide.

• Desribe the stages of genocide organized against the Armenians and the rationale for these steps.

• Apply Woolf and Hulsizer's model of genocide (including such factors as historical cultural preconditions, crisis, authoritarian governments, ideology, social psychological factors, etc) to the Armenian genocide.

• Describe the impact of the Versailles Treaty on the people of Germany and its role in the development of the Holocaust.

• Describe the history of anti-Semitism in Europe in terms of common themes actions and ideas.

• Discuss the early history of eugenics in the United States.

• Discuss the early history of eugenics in Nazi Germany.

• Discuss the purpose and functioning of the T-4 project (the euthanasia project) in Nazi Germany.

• Describe the Holocaust in terms of the number of victims and the various groups singled out by the Nazi's for genocide and/or persecution.

• Describe the role of bystanders during the Holocaust including actions taken or not taken.

• Identify the names of the various concentration and death camps and the number of camps in Nazi Europe.

• Describe the steps on the path to violence in relation to the Holocaust.

• Discuss the various groups that experienced genocide or persecution at the hands of the Nazis.

• Apply Woolf and Hulsizer's model of genocide (including such factors as historical cultural preconditions, crisis, authoritarian governments, ideology, social psychological factors, etc) to the Holocaust.

• Describe the history of Cambodia, the role of political crisis, and the U.S./Vietnam War on the development of genocidal conditions in Cambodia.

• Describe the genocide in Cambodia in terms of the number of victims and the various groups targeted for genocide and/or persecution.

• Describe everyday life conditions in Cambodia during 1975-1979 and the rules imposed by the Khmer Rouge.

• Discuss the current role of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia today.

• Apply Woolf and Hulsizer's model of genocide (including such factors as historical cultural preconditions, crisis, authoritarian governments, ideology, social psychological factors, etc) to the auto-genocide in Cambodia.