1) What are the two major groups in Rwanda?
There are two major ethnic groups in Rwanda, the Hutu and the Tutsi.
2) What group is considered "superior?" Why?
When the country was
colonised by the Belgians in 1916 they claimed that the Tutsi were superior to the Hutu
3) How was this group treated better?
TheBelgians made the Tutsi the ruling class, giving them better jobs, housing and educational
opportunities and charging them with keeping the Hutu ‘in their place
4) How long did the genocide last? How many people were killed during this time?
the Hutu built up and in 1959 20,000 Tutsi were killed
in a series of riots
5) Define genocide.
deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
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