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DIRECTIONS- ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN COMPLETE SENTENCES ON YOUR OWN PAPER. RETURN THIS SHEET AND THE READING TO THE TEACHER WHEN FINISHED.

Genocide- murder of an entire ethnic group: the systematic killing of all the people from a national, ethnic, or religious group, or an attempt to do this

Overview- Sudan

1. What country is Africa’s largest?

2. How long has Sudan been at war?

3. What western region has ongoing conflict?

4. What groups have been targeted in Darfur?

5. Why has the Holocaust Museum issued a genocide warning for Sudan?

6. What actions of genocide have the government taken in Darfur?

7. Who is the leader of the Sudanese government?

Warning Signs

1. Sudan’s ruling class favors which group of people?

2. Where is the concentration of power in Sudan?

3. What happened June 30, 1989?

4. When and where did fighting begin in Darfur?

5. How did the Sudanese government respond to the April 25 attack?

6. What is the main militia group called?

7. What is the divide and destroy strategy?

8. Which religious groups were targeted in the South?

9. How did the Sudanese government use starvation as a weapon?

10. Between 2003-2005 the displacement caused how many deaths?

11. What does “forcibly displaced” mean?

12. In Darfur alone how many people remain displaced?

13. Why can’t they return home?

Responses

1. When did the U.S. government declare the conflict in Darfur a genocide?

2. Most of the deaths in Darfur are a result of what?

3. Where were the people displaced to?

4. Who also became targets of violence?

Reaction- 2-3 sentences per bullet.

Write a personal response to what you have read about the situation in Darfur. What do you have that the people of Darfur do not have? What, if anything, can you do to help?

How does the phrase “out of sight, out of mind” apply to our thought process and compassion toward these people?

What can you do in your world to make sure that the people around you don’t feel hated, ignored, and insignificant?