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Class: HIST - World History; Subject: History; University: Union College; Term: Forever 1989;
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TERM 1
DEFINITION 1 WHERE:- The genocide obviously took place in Cambodia- Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia and is less than half the size of California- In 1953 Cambodia gained it's independence from France after nearly 100 years of colonialist rule TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 WHEN:-The actions of the Khmer Rouge government which actually constitute genocide began shortly after their seizure of power from the government of Lon Nol in 1975, and lasted until the Khmer Rouge was overthrown by the Vietnamese in 1978.-This atmosphere of communal unrest in Cambodia arose during the French decolonization of Southeast Asia in the early 1950s, and continued to devastate the region until the late 1980s. TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 WHY:-The Khmer Rouge saw cities as the heart of the capitalism and therefor they had to be eliminated- The goal of converting everyone to peasants was due to the fact that this class of people was believed to be uneducated, hard working, and not prone to exploiting others TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 STAGE 5: Polarization- It was common for people to get shot if they were speaking a foreign language,wearing glasses, smiling, or crying- Cities were raided and people relocated to communal farms- Most people were left to starve, dehydrate, or work to deathInternational organizations offered aid, but the government refused assistance TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 STAGE 6: PREPERATION- Religion was banned which led to Buddhist, Monks, and Christian missionaries being killed-The United States distributed the guns to Cambodian people-In the1980s, the U.S. and U.K. instead offered financial and military support to the Khmer Rouge forces in exile, who had now sworn opposition to Vietnam and communism-People were given a blue scarf to wear in the eastern part of Cambodia
TERM 6
DEFINITION 6 STAGE 7: EXTERMINATION-The population was put to work as laborers in one federation of collective forms-Anyone in opposition was killed-Anyone refusing to leave their home, didn't go fast enough, or disobeyed was killed- The army was killed- All Monks, and about 8,000 Christians were murdered TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 STAGE 8: DENIAL- The US tried to cover it up and The US and Cambodians were at a secret war with eachother