Ch 39: Genocides in the 20th Century
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Genocides in the 20th Century - Chapter Summary
The interactive video lessons in this chapter, along with the text lessons, will help you remember facts about the Rwandan genocide and ethnic cleansing. After you've watched the video lessons, use the short multiple-choice quizzes to check on how much you remember. This chapter will help you become well versed in the following:
- War crimes
- Definition of ethnic cleansing
- Ethnic cleansing and Circassians
- Facts about the Rwandan genocide
If you need to review specific parts of a video lesson and want to find an exact place without re-watching the entire thing, use the timeline located below the video lesson. Another great thing about this chapter is its lesson transcripts which you can utilize if reading is your preferred learning mode. The transcripts also make it easy for you to create an individualized vocabulary list.

1. Crimes of War & the Genocide Convention
The systematic mass murder of an ethnic, religious, or national group based on discriminatory preconceptions is referred to as genocide. Learn about what defines genocide, how it happens, and ways to combat it from reoccurring.

2. Ethnic Cleansing: Definition & Examples
Ethnic cleansing is the process of eliminating an unwanted religious or ethnic group by forcing them to move or by killing them. Learn more about the definition of ethnic cleansing and study examples of the impacts of genocide on world history.

3. The Ethnic Cleansing of the Circassians
In this lesson, we'll be looking at the nation of Circassia. Where's Circassia? It doesn't exist anymore, due to a policy of ethnic cleansing that violently erased it from the map. We'll explore this history and see what happened to the Circassian people.

4. The Rwandan Genocide: Facts & Timeline
Rwanda, like many nations with borders created by a former colonial empire, contains multiple ethnic groups that historically didn't get along. In this lesson we are going to discuss the Rwandan Genocide and see how this tragedy occurred.
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