MWH Module 8 Section #5 Bellwork

What leader is most closely associated with nonviolent protest in India’s independence movement?

• Mohandas “Mahatma” Gandhi

• Jawaharlal Nehru

• Indira Gandhi

• Nelson Mandela

The ​ (a)   was formed to prosecute crimes against humanity, while the ​ (b)   provides legal rulings on international disputes between states.

• International Criminal Court
• International Court of Justice
• NATO
• United Nations Security Council
• Nuremberg Trials
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• Red Cross

Sort the following into Human Rights Issue or Nationalism Movement.

Groups:

(a) Human Rights Issue

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(b) Nationalism Movement

• Anti-colonial unification in Africa

• Kosovo Crisis

• Rwandan Genocide

• Gandhi’s movement in India

“Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.”

—Mahatma Gandhi

What idea does Gandhi promote in this quote?

• War should only be used when necessary

• Real power comes from peaceful resistance

• Nonviolence is a weak response to injustice

• Independence must come through revolution

Why did European colonialism unintentionally encourage African nationalism?

• Colonizers offered Africans equal rights

• Ethnic groups competed for European support

• Opposing colonial rule united diverse ethnic groups

• Europeans taught democratic values

Match each international group to its role.

• ICC

• Prosecutes individuals for war crimes and crimes against humanity

• UNHCR

• Settles legal disputes between countries

• NATO

• Protects and supports refugees around the world

• ICJ

• Military alliance that intervenes in humanitarian crises

What triggered NATO intervention in Kosovo?

• An invasion by Iraq

• A terrorist attack on NATO bases

• Civil war between NATO and Serbia

• A humanitarian crisis and ethnic cleansing

Place the following major global human rights crises in chronological order.

• Syrian Civil War

• Holocaust

• Bosnian Genocide

• Partition of India and Pakistan

• Rwandan Genocide

What is the ethnic cleansing in Bosnia best described as?

• Religious revival

• Political restructuring

• Colonial reform

• Human rights violation

Match each country or region with the result of decolonization.

• Yugoslavia

• Broke apart into several nations, some marked by genocide

• Belgian Congo

• Civil war following independence

• India

• Years of dictatorship and conflict after European withdrawal

• South Sudan

• Partition into one Hindu country and one Muslim country