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Please read the directions below and hand-write or type your responses. All work is due Thursday, November 10th.

I. __Post-War Effects of the Vietnam War__
A. Using [|this source], please answer the following: 1. When did the US leave Vietnam? 2. What happened to the people in South Vietnam after the United States left? 3. Who does "boat people" refer to? 4. Bullet out the reasons the website claims "Vietnam was ruined"

B. After consulting [|this source], please answer the following: 1. What are some of the chemicals that have caused adverse affects in Cambodia and Vietnam? 2. Describe the effects of these chemicals. 3. How have landmines and other unexploded ordinance affected the people?

C. Agent Orange 1. According to [|this site], how was Agent Orange used? Where was it heavily sprayed? 3. Read [|this BBC article] and take notes on the different ways Agent Orange has affected the population in Vietnam.

__II. Genocide in Cambodia__
A. Use [|this site]: 1. How many intellectuals and political renegades were murdered? How many peasants and village folk? 2. Scroll down to "Killings and Torture" - what percentage of Cambodia's population was murdered? What percentage of the population of Germany did the Nazi's murder?

[|B. Click on this article] and then go to pages 3-5. Use these to answer the following: 1. What percentage of Cambodians who fled to America have PTSD? 2. Read pgs 3-5 and describe three effects the genocide has had on survivors. Read the first pages of [|this article]. Write a paragraph describing conditions in modern Cambodia.