MWH Module 8 Introduction Bellwork

Who coined the term genocide?

• Adolf Eichmann

• Winston Churchill

• Raphael Lemkin

• Elie Wiesel

Which country was ruled by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979?

• Laos

• Cambodia

• Thailand

• Vietnam

The ​ (a)   was a failed invasion of Cuba, while the ​ (b)   brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

• Bay of Pigs
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Operation Desert Storm
• Tet Offensive
• Yom Kippur War
• Berlin Blockade

Match each Cold War leader to their country.

• Soviet Union

• John F. Kennedy

• United States

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Cuba

• Mao Zedong

• China

• Fidel Castro

Place the following events in chronological order.

• Creation of Israel

• Fall of the Berlin Wall

• End of WWII

• Vietnam War begins

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”

— Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1

What is the primary message of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

• Promoting global trade

• Establishing national governments

• Encouraging military alliances

• Ensuring basic human freedoms and dignity

What was the primary goal of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina?

• Demand justice for disappeared children

• Protest economic reform

• Call for war with Britain

• Support military rule

What major protest became a global symbol of resistance against apartheid?

• Arab Spring

• Fall of the Berlin Wall

• Sharpeville Massacre

• Rwandan Genocide

Match each person to their contribution to human rights.

• Nelson Mandela

• Drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• Malala Yousafzai

• End of apartheid in South Africa

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Education rights for girls

Why did the United States support the Mujahideen in Afghanistan during the 1980s?

• To prevent a Soviet victory and the spread of communism

• To stop oil prices from rising due to stagflation

• To protect NATO allies from nuclear warfare

• To secure rare minerals found only in Middle Eastern countries