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The Forgotten War Worksheet Name: larry burnett___________________________ Points: ___ / 10 points 1. What are the three reasons why Sierra Leone fell into war? poverty_________________________________________ diamonds_________________________________________ corrupt gov._________________________________________ 2. How many people were killed during the war? ________________________50,000_________________ 3. What was Foday Sankoh known as? __________________adolf Hitler of west Africa_______________________ 4. What did the rebels initially set out to do? _response to the corrupt go.________________________________________ 5. What did the rebels end up doing? _________________________________________ 6. What did the rebels use the diamonds of Sierra Leone for? _______purchase arms__________________________________ 7. What did the crying boy do to the adults who worked for him? _killed them________________________________________ 8. What was the slogan of the 1996 democratic election? The future is in your hands_________________________________________ 9. How did the rebels respond? _violent hacked off limbs________________________________________ 10. What is the name of the speaker at the end of the documentary? Ishmael beah_________________________________________
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