Wednesday, October 19, 2011

What are the origins of the Tutsi-Hutu conflict?

1. What percentage of the population do the Tutsis make up? The Hutus? Who owns the majority of the land?
-15 percent of the population, the Tutsis have long held most of the land in Rwanda.Hutus, making up 84 percent of the population

2. How did the Belgians show favor toward the Tutsis?
-they governtment and educatuion were only open to the tutsis.

3. Why were identification cards later used for? How is this connected to the Holocaust?
-to iddentify the ethneticy its connected beacuse the jews needed papers to se if theyr jewish

4. When did Hutus gain political power?
-Hutu parties gained control of the Rwandan government in 1959

5. Write two facts about the country of Rwanda.
-had land size of maryland, 8.4 million people in rawnda.

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