Exercises on the Civil War in Rwanda

The Civil War fought in Rwanda from 1990 to 1994 brought the two largest ethnic groups in that country to confrontation. What were these ethnicities?

a) zulus and twas

b) tsongas and twas

c) twas and tutsis

d) Hutus and Tutsis

e) Hutus and Tsongas

The rivalry in Rwanda between the two hegemonic ethnicities was a reflection of a policy imposed by European colonizers, who granted privileges to Tutsis at the expense of the Hutus. This policy was enforced by:

a) English

b) French

c) Belgians

d) Spanish

e) Dutch

During the Civil War in Rwanda, around 800,000 Tutsis were executed in a genocide carried out by an extremist group of the Hutu ethnic group. The genocide was the result of years of resentment between these ethnicities and was promoted by the extremist group:

a) Hutu Power

b) Kangura

c) RTLM

d) Rwanda Patriotic Front

e) Kigali Power

The existence of Hutu supremacist movements, which promoted hate speech against Tutsis, goes back to:

a) the Rwandan Revolution and the country's independence process.

b) the elections of the 1970s that elected Juvénal Habyarimana as president.

c) The agrarian reform carried out in the country during the 1980s.

d) The coup d'état carried out by Juvénal Habyarimana in the 1970s.

e) To the 1960s, when the United States began to finance Hutu militias against Tutsi guerrillas, allied with Soviet communism.

Letter D

The civil war fought in Rwanda, from 1990 to 1994, led to the confrontation of the two hegemonic ethnicities of the country:Hutus and Tutsis. During this conflict, Hutu supremacists encouraged the population to promote the persecution and massacre of Rwandan citizens of the Hutu ethnic group. In 1994, some 800,000 Tutsis were killed in this genocide.

Letter C

Originally, the colonization of this region was in charge of the Germans, however, after the First World War, the control of this territory passed to the Belgians, who accentuated the division that existed between Tutsis and Hutus. The Tutsis were given important government positions and other privileges because of their more Europeanized traits. In addition, the Belgians created an identity document that recorded each person's ethnicity. These actions, over the years, have increased the existing resentments between these ethnicities.

Letter A

Hutu Power grew out of an extremist organization called Akazu, which was known for promoting supremacist discourse and encouraging the persecution of Tutsis. This organization emerged with funding from Agathe Habyarimana, the president's wife. The Poder Hutu group was directly responsible for the genocide carried out in Rwanda in 1994.

Letter A

Hate speeches against Tutsis date back to the Rwandan Revolution and the country's independence process, as the Tutsis were a group that had access to a series of privileges in the colonial administration. During the independence process, protests against Tutsi privileges were common, and this climate led to a persecution that forced thousands of Tutsi people to flee the country.