Chapter Five Terms

Question 1

Crimes against humanity

Answer 1

Categorized as extreme human rights abuse, and are mass crimes against a specific target group based on their ethnicity, religion, political views, etc. Those who commit these acts (Hitler) believe it i in their national interest to do so.

Question 2

Mass nature

Answer 2

A large number of victims

Question 3

How do crimes against humanity develop?

Answer 3

Ultranationalism ⮕ Racism ⮕ Segregation ⮕ Blaming target group ⮕ Destroying the target group through mass murder, deportation and assimilation

Question 4

ICC

Answer 4

The ICC is also known as the International Criminal Court and it is a division of the United Nations.

Question 5

What are the three types of Human Rights Abuses?

Answer 5

1) Crimes against humanity
2) War crimes
3) Genocide

Question 6

War crimes

Answer 6

The willful killing and torture of individuals and/or large groups. War crimes inflict intentional suffering against civilian populations.

Question 7

Genocide

Answer 7

The killing of members of religious, ethnic, or racial groups and causing them bodily and mental harm and a life of physical pain and destruction.

Question 8

What are the 8 stages of genocide?

Answer 8

1) Classification
2) Symbolization
3) Dehumanization
4) Organization
5) Polarization
6) Preparation
7) Extermination
8) Denial

Question 9

Classification