Cambodian Genocide
Holocaust & Genocide Name:_____Miranda Toci___________ Cambodian Genocide 1. Where is Cambodia located?
South East Asia next to Vietnam below Laos
2. What is the capitol of Cambodia? Phnom Penh
3. In a paragraph, summarize the history of Cambodia up until 1953.
Cambodia was under Chinese influence for centuries. The time of 18631953 they operated under French colonialism in Indo China. Then in 1953 they were granted their independence from France. Once France left they had to operate on their own and this is where the problem begins. They had to decide how to run the country and the rest is history...
4. Who was Prince Sehanouk and when did he obtain power in Cambodia?
Royal government of Cambodia 1953 gets bullied by Ho Chi Min
5. How did the Vietnam War affect Cambodia? The Ho Chi Min Trail went through Cambodia therefore the U.S. bombed the innocent in
Cambodia while trying to end the war.
6. What was the Khmer Republic and who was its leader?
Gen. Lon Nol who allied with the U.S. to drive Vietnamese communists out of Eastern
Cambodia.
7. What was the Khmer Rouge? Discuss their ideology and goals.
The Red Cambodians who are communists, political movement to dewesternize Cambodia and form a peasant worker society. They want to completely remove Western Ideology. 8. Who was Pol Pot? To what ideology does he subscribe? Created communist party in 1953 then leader of Khmer Rouge Government
9. What was “year zero” and its significance? They reflect Western way of time if you didn't abide by this you were known as an
anticommunist.
10. What groups were considered to be enemies of the Khmer Rouge? lawyers, journalists, doctors, former government, Chinese, Catholics, Buddhists
ANYONE educated which meant western influence
11. It has been said that the Cambodian genocide was Cambodians killing Cambodians.
What was the root of this conflict? Ideology
12. What was S21? Describe the facility, tactics
South East Asia next to Vietnam below Laos
2. What is the capitol of Cambodia? Phnom Penh
3. In a paragraph, summarize the history of Cambodia up until 1953.
Cambodia was under Chinese influence for centuries. The time of 18631953 they operated under French colonialism in Indo China. Then in 1953 they were granted their independence from France. Once France left they had to operate on their own and this is where the problem begins. They had to decide how to run the country and the rest is history...
4. Who was Prince Sehanouk and when did he obtain power in Cambodia?
Royal government of Cambodia 1953 gets bullied by Ho Chi Min
5. How did the Vietnam War affect Cambodia? The Ho Chi Min Trail went through Cambodia therefore the U.S. bombed the innocent in
Cambodia while trying to end the war.
6. What was the Khmer Republic and who was its leader?
Gen. Lon Nol who allied with the U.S. to drive Vietnamese communists out of Eastern
Cambodia.
7. What was the Khmer Rouge? Discuss their ideology and goals.
The Red Cambodians who are communists, political movement to dewesternize Cambodia and form a peasant worker society. They want to completely remove Western Ideology. 8. Who was Pol Pot? To what ideology does he subscribe? Created communist party in 1953 then leader of Khmer Rouge Government
9. What was “year zero” and its significance? They reflect Western way of time if you didn't abide by this you were known as an
anticommunist.
10. What groups were considered to be enemies of the Khmer Rouge? lawyers, journalists, doctors, former government, Chinese, Catholics, Buddhists
ANYONE educated which meant western influence
11. It has been said that the Cambodian genocide was Cambodians killing Cambodians.
What was the root of this conflict? Ideology
12. What was S21? Describe the facility, tactics