Week of 03/02

Cambodia: “Helpless Giant”

Period 2

• 1. Who did Khmer Rouge recruit as members?

  2. What significance lied behind the Khmer Rouge turning back their clocks to year zero?

  3. What were the major groups that they killed?

  4. What type of society did Khmer Rouge want to create?

  5. Why was there no evidence of genocide?

  6. What was the mindset of the Khmer Rouge towards their past society?

  7. What factors allowed the Khmer Rouge to rise in power

  8. How did the international community respond.

  9. Why did the U.S. support the Khmer Rouge after Vietnam intervened?

1. Why might there have been, and still are, denials that a genocide occurred in Cambodia?

Period 3

· Should the events that happened in Cambodia be considered genocide?

· Should the term "genocide" be expanded to include social or political groups?

· What were the Khmer Rouge’s motives for the genocide? How did they differ from other genocides?

· Why did the US step in when it did and what was the underlying motive?

· How feasible was the idea of a socialist agrarian society?

· Why did the U.S. ignore what was going on in Cambodia so vehemently?

· What were the benefits of keeping Cambodia's borders closed to all outsiders?

· Was the U.S. justified in backing the Khmer Rouge after Vietnam invaded?What were the reasons for and against supporting the KR?

· Predict how Cambodia's society was affected after Vietnam's involvement