Read the cover story of the October 4th issue of Upfront on page 6. Copy and paste the short quiz into your comment and then take the short quiz. Then answer the questions that follow.
1. As part of the fight against terrorism, the U.S. government is supporting the military of _____, which employs child soldiers.
a. Democratic Republic of the Congo
b. Uganda
c. Somalia
d. Colombia
2. Which of the following statements about the use of children as combatants around the world is false?
a. Hunger and poverty can drive parents to sell their children into military service.
b. The use of child soldiers is a problem that dates back about 20 years.
c. Children are seen as ideal soldiers because they are often easy to manipulate.
d. Children are used as combatants by both rebel groups and in government militias.
3. Which of the following is not mentioned in the article as a current conflict in which children are reportedly being used as soldiers.
a. In Iraq, Al Qaeda sympathizers use children to test roadside bombs.
b. In Colombia, rebels use children to fight, spy, and plant explosives.
c. In the West Bank and Gaza, Palestinian children have been sent into Israel as suicide bombers.
d. In Congo, Rebel groups use children as combatants in their fight over the country's gold, diamonds, and other natural resources.
4. One nation's former leader, _______, is on trial by the International Criminal Court, accused of employing child soldiers.
a. Yakubu Gowon of Nigeria
b. Mohammed Suharto of Indonesia
c. Omar al-Bashir of Sudan
d. Charles Taylor of Liberia
What might be done to stop the use of child soldiers around the world? Should the US stop funding governments that are known to use children as combatants? At what age do you think that someone is ready to be a soldier? Explain.
1. A
ReplyDelete2. B
3. A
4. D
I think if we stopped funding some of the small government armies, then enrollment of children soldiers may be lesser. I don't think that would fully solve the problem though. I think the governments should also have control over their civilians.
I know for a fact that we should stop funding governments like Somalia. We could be using this money to help our poor economy, but we basically are just throwing it away.
I don't really know if there is a "specific age" that you're ready to be a soldier. I do know that when you're young, you can barely think for yourself, let alone think about taking the lives of other people. You don't even know what you want to be when you grow up at that age.
GRRRRRRRRRRR, this just makes me FRUSTRATED! >:/
-Shelby Oelschlager
1. As part of the fight against terrorism, the U.S. government is supporting the military of _____, which employs child soldiers.
ReplyDeleteanswer for 1. c
2. Which of the following statements about the use of children as combatants around the world is false?
answer for 2. c
3. Which of the following is not mentioned in the article as a current conflict in which children are reportedly being used as soldiers.
answer for 3. c
4. One nation's former leader, _______, is on trial by the International Criminal Court, accused of employing child soldiers.
answer for 4. a
1. As part of the fight against terrorism, the U.S. government is supporting the military of _____, which employs child soldiers.
ReplyDeletec. Somalia
2. Which of the following statements about the use of children as combatants around the world is false?
d. Children are used as combatants by both rebel groups and in government militias.
3. Which of the following is not mentioned in the article as a current conflict in which children are reportedly being used as soldiers.
a. In Iraq, Al Qaeda sympathizers use children to test roadside bombs.
4. One nation's former leader, _______, is on trial by the International Criminal Court, accused of employing child soldiers.
d. Charles Taylor of Liberia
We should definitely stop funding the countries that are putting children in combat positions. It would make it less likely for more children to go into war.
I think that the age when someone decides they are ready to be a soldier differs in everyone. Some people decide that they would go fight at a young age, while others might want to wait for a while and live their life as long as possible being normal; holding down a family and being there to support it.
-Carrie
1.C
ReplyDelete2.B
3.A
4.D
I think the US should stop funding militaries that use child soldiers. To stop the use of child soldiers I think the UN should create sanctions against any military that uses them and maybe send UN soldiers to fight against them. I think if parents agree, their child can be soldiers at 17 if the parents do not get anything from it like money.