Rwanda Genocide

1. Describe the roles (jobs) between the Hutu and Tutsi group.

Tutsis tended to be landowners and Hutus the people who worked the land;

2. What effect did the European colonists have on them?

European colonial powers also introduced modern weapons and modern methods of waging war. Missionaries, too, came from Europe, bringing a new political twist:

3. What is the RPF? What group created it?

Many Tutsis retreated to exile in neighbouring countries, where they formed the Front Patriotique Rwandais, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), trained their soldiers, and waited.

4. When was the Rwandan president killed? What were Hutu civillians told to do as a result?

On April 6 1994 the plane carrying Rwanda's president was shot down,

5. What method was used to communicate the plan of genocide against the Tutsis?
The Tutsis were accused of killing the president, and Hutu civilians were told, by radio and word of mouth, that it was their duty to wipe the Tutsis out