Genocides in History

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Genocides in History

• Presentation by
• Roy Arguello and Gabriel Mateos

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General Meaning of Genocide

• Genocide is a broad term but basically means the
  extermination of a religious, ethnic, national,
  or cultural group. Genocide can also include
  death without fair trial. An example of this
  would be soldiers picking random people, lining
  them up, and shooting all of them.

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Genocide Facts

• From the fifth till the twentieth century, 102
  million fell victim to genocide or murder. From
  1900 through 2001, 174 million were victims of
  genocide. Including all wars, over 133 million
  were murdered from 1900 through 2001. This was so
  because of the worlds population. The world
  population was about 400 million in the fifteenth
  century, to 1.2 billion in 1900, and to 6.2
  billion by mid-2001. If all the people murdered
  from 1900 to 2001 were placed head to toe, the
  chain would go around our planet about four times.

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Genocide in the Soviet Union

• One of the worst cases of genocide in history
  took place in the Soviet Union (Russia and areas
  near it) where the rulers Lenin and Stalin killed
  about sixty-two million citizens and other
  foreigners. The number of people murdered is
  equal to the current population of three of the
  largest states in the U.S., California, Texas,
  and Florida.

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Communist China

• With two power-abusing rulers in China, Mao
  Tse-Tung and Chiang Kai-Shek (they ruled at
  separate times), were responsible for killing
  about fifty million Chinese people from
  1923-1949. This was the second-worst case of
  genocide in history however most people dont
  know that this ever happened.

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The Holocaust

• Led by Adolph Hitler, Nazi officers killed nearly
  six million European Jews in death camps where
  they worked to death, were gassed to death (gas
  was a popular form of death, there were others),
  or died from disease. During the and after the
  time of the Holocaust (1940s), nearly 21 million
  Jews around the world were murdered because of
  the ideas put into their heads by Hitler and his
  propaganda.

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Less Significant Genocides

• Many genocides have happened throughout history
  however some were under ten million deaths.
  Previously listed genocide cases were above ten
  million deaths. Genocide cases under ten million
  deaths include Japan, 1937-1945, six million
  killed, Cambodia, 1975-1979, two million killed,
  North Korea, 1942-2002, over two million killed,
  Rwanda, 1994, 750,000 killed, and Vietnam,
  1945-87, 1.7 million killed. Such a thing as
  genocide would not happen often today in 2007, as
  the ICC (International Code Council) passed many
  laws outlawing mass murder in 2003.

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The Quiz

• 1.)What is the meaning of genocide?
• 2.)Where did the worst case of genocide take
  place?
• 3.) Who was the man in charge of the Holocaust?
• 4.)About how many people got killed in Communist
  China?
• 5.)Name one other genocide case.