ALWG BLOOD DIAMOND DOCUMENTARY - Name: Dale. TURNE...

Name :
Dale .
TURNE
Overview : Blood Diamonds is a made - for- TV documentary ,
originally br oadcast on the History Channel , that looks into the
trade of diainonds which fund rebellions and wars in
many
African nations . The program focuses primarily on the
nation of Sierra Leone and
Liberia .
A blood diamond (also called a conflict diamond , dirty
diam ond or a war diamond ) is a diamond mined in a war zone
and sold , usually clandestinely , in order to finance an
insurgency , invading arıny 's war efforts, or supporting a
warlord' s activity .
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Directions : Answer the following questions
based on the information provided from the
documentary .
1 . What is one of the poorest countries in
the world ?

2 . How much does income the a verage
person
Sierra Leon
earn in
?
3 . How did diamonds fund the war
between
government and the RUF
the
?
4 . Why did the RUF cut off people
ha n ds ?
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