Responses
It increased ethnic tensions by privileging the Tutsi minority.
It increased ethnic tensions by privileging the Tutsi minority.
Europeans provided arms and military training to the Hutu majority in the decades prior to the genocide.
Europeans provided arms and military training to the Hutu majority in the decades prior to the genocide.
It increased ethnic tensions by outlawing the religious practices of minority groups.
It increased ethnic tensions by outlawing the religious practices of minority groups.
Europeans placed settlers in all key political and economic positions.
Europeans placed settlers in all key political and economic positions.
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The most accurate response regarding how European colonialism contributed to the genocide in Rwanda and Burundi is:
It increased ethnic tensions by privileging the Tutsi minority.
European colonial powers, particularly Belgium, favored the Tutsi minority over the Hutu majority in political and economic matters, which exacerbated ethnic divisions and tensions that ultimately contributed to the violence and genocide that occurred later.
