TERM 1
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
2
DEFINITION 2
WHEN:-The actions of the Khmer R ouge government which
actually constitute genocide began shortly after their seizure of
power from the government of Lon N ol in 1975, and lasted until
the Khmer Rouge was overthrown b y the Vietnamese in 1978.-This
atmosphere of communal unrest in C ambodia arose during the
French decolonization of Southeast A sia in the early 1950s, and
continued to devastate the region u ntil the late 1980s.
TERM 3
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
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
5
DEFINITION 5
STAGE 6: PREPERATION- Religion was b anned which led to
Buddhist, Monks, and Christian mission aries being killed-The
United States distributed the guns to Cambodian people-In
the1980s, the U.S. and U.K. instead o ffered financial and military
support to the Khmer Rouge forces in exile, who had now sworn
opposition to Vietnam and communis m-People were given a blue
scarf to wear in the eastern part of C ambodia
