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World on Fire Amy Chua Chapter 7 & 8

Evan Griffiths & Matthew Lubaszka. World on Fire Amy Chua Chapter 7 & 8. What leads a country to cleanse a minority?. Aggravating circumstances; economic crisis; border war; hate-filled demagogue;. What was the difference between Tutsi and Hutus? (traditionally).

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World on Fire Amy Chua Chapter 7 & 8

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  1. Evan Griffiths & Matthew Lubaszka World on FireAmy ChuaChapter 7 & 8

  2. What leads a country to cleanse a minority?

  3. Aggravating circumstances; economic crisis; border war; hate-filled demagogue;

  4. What was the difference between Tutsi and Hutus? (traditionally)

  5. Hutus were farmers while Tutsis were cattle owners

  6. What was the difference between Tutsi and Hutus according to the Belgians?

  7. Tutsis were lanky, light-skinned, and thin-lipped • Hutus were stockier, darker, and thick-lipped

  8. When did the “social revolution” start in Rwanda? (Month and Year)

  9. November 1957

  10. What does the RPF stand for?

  11. Rwandese Patriotic Army

  12. Name three out of the six states of Yugoslavia.

  13. Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia

  14. Name the developing country mentioned in the beginning of the chapter that has no market-dominant minority?

  15. China

  16. Who are the “Asian Tigers?”

  17. Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore

  18. What do all of the “Asian Tigers” have in common?

  19. “The ethnic majority is both economically and politically dominant” (178).

  20. Name the Asian country that has a market-dominant minority, free market democracy, and very little ethnic resentment right now.

  21. Thailand

  22. What is an important factor in how successfully two groups assimilate and engage in marriage with one another?

  23. Religion

  24. Who did the Thai king Vajiravudh call the “Jews of the East?”

  25. The Chinese

  26. Name one of the ways, according to King Vajiravudh, how Jews are similar to the Chinese.

  27. They both believe in “race loyalty, not love of country…” (181). Also, when they marry someone not from their ethniticity the spouse has to assimilate, both believe they are better and “are willing to undergo any sort of privation for the sake of money” (182).

  28. Starting in the 1930s, what did the Thai government try to do to their market-dominant minority?

  29. “Starting in the 1930s the Thai government began a systematic and ruthless campaign of forced assimilation” (183).

  30. Now that China has a fast developing economy, what are many Thai Chinese doing?

  31. “Reclaiming their Chinese heritage, sending their children to Chinese schools, visiting China in record numbers, investing in China, and reassuming Chinese surnames” (184-185).

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