CAMBODIA

Early Vietnam and Cambodia Power Point

Cambodia and Killing Fields Power Point

The Killing Fields: War and Genocide in Cambodia

For this assignment, you will use the following link:

http://www.edwebproject.org/sideshow/index.html

Using this outstanding web page, you will complete an activity, due tomorrow (you may need to finish as homework!), that involves learning about the Khmer Rouge and the Killing Fields, as well as written accounts by survivors.

1. Click on "The Khmer Rouge Years". Read the overview, then read the information on the subsequent links: "The Faces of Angka", "The Work Camps", "S-21", and "The Fall of the Khmer Rouge". For each of those "sub-sections" write a one to two sentence synopsis of what you read - what was the key thing in each section?

2. Return to the Homepage and click on "Survivor Stories". Pick one of the stories and complete the following:

    - Begin with a one-paragraph summary of the account.

    - How was the author impacted by the Khmer Rouge? Be specific!

3. After reading the account, what is your overall impression of the Khmer Rouge years? Did they commit genocide? Should the remaining Khmer Rouge leaders be tried for war crimes? Take some time on this part!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alternative Killing Fields Assignment (2004)

Directions: Please answer the questions below using notes from class and the web links below (you may have to do additional research on the web for some answers). TYPE YOUR ANSWERS. You do not need to rewrite the question, but DO leave space between each answer.!  DO NOT COPY AND PASTE -- THESE ANSWERS SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN YOUR OWN WORDS!

 

These websites are helpful for:

The history of Cambodia

http://www.countryreports.org/historycambohist.htm

http://www.cambodia-travel.com/khmer-civization.htm

http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/unesco/angkor/index2.htm

http://www.cambodia-travel.com/khmer/angkor.htm

  

History of Cambodia and the French

http://www.edwebproject.org/sideshow/history/french.html (this is a great website)

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/south_east_asia/cambodia/history.htm

 

The history of the Khmer Rouge

http://www.yale.edu.cgp/kr.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/135476.stm

http://www.dithpran.org/killingfields.htm

 

CIA fact book: Cambodia  http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cb.html

 

Current problem in Cambodia AIDS and Landmines and Sweat shops

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1049014.stm

http://www.brown.edu/Administration/George_Street_Journal/vol28/28GSJ02c.html

http://www.mekong.net/cambodia/mines.htm

http://www.aworldconnected.org/article.php/580.html (about sweat shops)

http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/2000/0710/cambodia.sweatshops.html

  

  1. What is the history of Cambodia – namely, what was the Khmer civilization and when did it exist?

 

  1. Describe the Khmer civilization at Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom.

 

  1. Describe some of the innovative achievements of the Khmer civilization.

 

  1. Where were these Khmer (Angkor) cities located?

 

  1. What does the word Khmer mean?

 

  1. What is Cambodia’s other name? (look under CIA short form name of country)

 

  1. What is the absolute and relative location of Cambodia? (use CIA fact book)

 

  1. What was the population of Cambodia in 1974?

 

  1. What is the current population?

 

  1. What type of political structure does Cambodia have?

 

  1. What is the name of the current leader of Cambodia?

 

  1. What is the predominant religion of Cambodia?

 

  1. What is the capital of Cambodia? On what river is it located?

 

  1. What colonial power ruled Cambodia from when to when?

 

  1. Why did the this European power become involved with Cambodia?

 

  1. How did the Cambodians feel about these Europeans?

 

  1. What Cambodian was put on the throne by the French? Why was he chosen?

 

  1. When did the French leave and why?

 

  1. Discuss the relationship of Prince Sihanouk and neutrality of Cambodia.

 

  1. How did the war in Vietnam between the US and N. Vietnam result in secret bombing of Cambodia?

 

  1. Who was president of the US at this time?

 

  1. What does the term Khmer refer to?

 

  1. Who are the Khmer Rouge?

 

  1. Who was Pol Pot?

 

  1. What was his real name?

 

  1. How did he become influenced by Marxist philosophy and where did this occur?

 

  1. Describe the kind of revolution that interested Pol Pot? (the emphasis of the revolution would lie with whom?)

 

  1. How did the Khmer Rouge go about to create a classless society?

 

  1. Who was in imminent danger of being killed by the Khmer Rouge once the revolution started? Why?

 

  1. What were the Killing Fields?

 

  1. What did the Khmer Rouge immediately force the urban society to do? (Where were the city dwellers sent to?)

     
  2. What other country supported Cambodia by sending weapons?

 

  1. What other country supported Vietnam’s struggle by sending weapons?

 

  1. Why did Vietnam invade Cambodia in 1978?

 

  1. Where did the Khmer Rouge flee to?

 

  1. Cambodians escaping the Khmer Rouge fled to what country where refugee camps were located?

 

  1. Why did the US end up supporting the Khmer Rouge by giving them weapons?

 

  1. What happened to Pol Pot?

 

  1. Was he tried for war crimes? How many Khmer Rouge have been tried for war crimes?

 

  1. Did the Khmer Rouge leave the people better off? Why not?

 

  1. Discuss the problem of AIDS in Cambodia…how many are infected?

 

  1. Discuss the problem of landmines in Cambodia? According to the landmine website, how many landmines are currently in Cambodia? How long do they say it will take to clear the country?

 

  1. Discuss the problem of sweat shops in Cambodia? Should the government get rid of them? Would that hurt the workers there?

Film clip of Pol Pot's final days:

http://www.library.yale.edu/~okerson/polpot728.html

44. Describe this ABC news story.

The death of Pol Pot:

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9804/16/pol.pot.on.update/

44. Describe and summarize.