These three paragraphs summarize a document about Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi: Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi are landlocked countries located in East Africa. They have faced challenges due to their landlocked status and conflicts between ethnic groups. Rwanda experienced a genocide in the 1990s where hundreds of thousands of Tutsis were killed by Hutus, resulting in over two million people fleeing their homes as refugees. The document discusses the geography, economies, peoples, and history of conflicts in these three countries.

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2. Uganda, Rwanda and
Burundi
Created
by
Mr.
Raponi

3. Objectives
Students will be able to discuss how being
landlocked affects these three countries.
Students will be able to define refugees and
genocide.
Students will be able to discuss the Rwandan
Civil War and Genocide.
 Hutu
 Tutsi

4. Democratic
Republic of
the Congo
Kenya
Tanzania
= Uganda
= Rwanda
= Burundi

5. Uganda lies in the
____________________ region
of East Africa.
Uganda’s 77,050 square
miles makes it slightly
smaller than
_____________.
In Southern Uganda, thick
forests spread across the
landscape and to the east
and west, mountains form
the country’s border.

6. Climat
e
The _____________
crosses southern Uganda.
The country’s generally
high elevation keep
temperatures very mild.
In most areas, at least
____ inches of rain falls
each year.
Only a few northern areas
receive less than 20

7. The
Economy
Agriculture is the most
important economic
activity in Uganda.
Fertile soil and mild
climate help crops to
grow well.
Uganda’s farmers grow
bananas, beans,
cassava, and corn.
________________ is
Uganda’s leading cash
crop.

8. Interesting Food Choice

9. The People
Uganda has about
____________________ people
and nearly 2/3 of the people
live in the fertile soil area.
There you find
______________, the capital
city.
Uganda has more than 20
different ethnic groups, the
largest and most prosperous
is the
___________________

10. More
People
For most of the 20th
century,
the
______________ ruled
Uganda.
After it gained its
independence in
___________, fighting broke
out between ethnic groups in
the north and the south and
continued through the 1980s.
Ugandans are still rebuilding
their country today.

11. Uganda

12. Rwanda and Burundi
are located deep
within East Africa.
Although these
countries lie just
________________ of
the Equator, higher
altitudes give them a
mild climate

13. Econom
y In both countries,
farmers grow tea,
coffee, beans, and
cotton.
In some spots, people
raise cattle and other
livestock.
Since both countries
are ______________,
they have trouble
getting the goods to
foreign buyers.

14. Ethnic
Conflict Burundi and Rwanda are two of
the smallest and most crowded
nations in Africa.
Rwanda has an average of 805
people per square mile, 13 times
as great as Africa’s population
density as a whole.
The majority of the population of
these two countries comes from
two ethnic groups, the
_________________ and
the _______________.

15. Tutsi Tribesmen in Rwanda

16. War In ___________, civil war broke out in
Rwanda between these two groups.
Hundreds of thousands of people were
killed in what is known as a
_____________________, the deliberate
extermination of a racial, religious,
political, or cultural group.
This sent more than two million people
fleeing from their homes.
These people became
_________________________, or people
who must leave their homes and find
safety elsewhere.

17. Their Homes and Becoming
Refugees

18. Reason Behind the
Conflict
The began with the
death of Rwandan
president Juvenal
Habyarimana, a Hutu,
when his plane was
shot down above Kigali
airport on April 6, 1994
In only 100 days, more
than 800,000
Rwandans were killed,
most of which
belonging to the Tutsi
ethnic group.
It is not known whether
the Tutsis had
anything to do with the
death of Habyarimana.

19. Rwanda

20. Question?
How do you think you would respond if you
were one of the children in Rwanda?

22. Ticket To Leave
A Note to a Friend
Please write a note to a friend that
explains something that you have learned
about today.
Then exchange your note with someone
sitting near you