The “Killing Fields” of Cambodia by Vanessa Pacheco https://padlet.com/358381/4mjcmslchwqj By Vanessa Pacheco, Vanessa Carrera, Mariela Baeza en-us 2019-11-20 16:23:00 UTC 2026-02-02 05:24:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f603.png What is the Killing Fields of Cambodia ? 358381 https://padlet.com/358381/4mjcmslchwqj/wish/414758654 The Cambodian Killing Fields are a number of sites in Cambodia where collectively more than a million people were killed and buried by the Khmer Rouge regime during its rule of the country from 1975 to 1979, immediately after the end of the Cambodian Civil War.]]> 2019-11-21 16:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/358381/4mjcmslchwqj/wish/414758654 How Many Killing Fields are there in Cambodia? 358381 https://padlet.com/358381/4mjcmslchwqj/wish/414762157 Killing fields dot the country of Cambodia , with more than 20,000 mass grave sites containing more than 1.38 million bodies according to the Documentation Centre of Cambodia]]> 2019-11-21 16:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/358381/4mjcmslchwqj/wish/414762157 What are the after effects of the killing fields of Cambodia? https://padlet.com/358381/4mjcmslchwqj/wish/414765121 Those that survived were subjected to working conditions that kept them at the brink of death daily. Many struggled with post traumatic stress disorder or severe depression.]]> 2019-11-21 16:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/358381/4mjcmslchwqj/wish/414765121 How Did the the Cambodia Killing Fields start? 358381 https://padlet.com/358381/4mjcmslchwqj/wish/414765141 Over four short years, from 1975 to 1979, Pol Pot and the Khmer  Rouge systematically exterminated up to 3 million people. The people of Cambodia had to live in fear, knowing that they might be the next one dragged out to the killing fields.

]]> 2019-11-21 16:27:32 UTC https://padlet.com/358381/4mjcmslchwqj/wish/414765141 How many people died because of the killing fields? https://padlet.com/358381/4mjcmslchwqj/wish/414766615 1.7 million people died which was 21 percent of the population.]]> 2019-11-21 16:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/358381/4mjcmslchwqj/wish/414766615 How did many people died in the camps? https://padlet.com/358381/4mjcmslchwqj/wish/414772361 Millions of people died from over working, starvation, disease, and especially from execution for punishable crimes.]]> 2019-11-21 16:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/358381/4mjcmslchwqj/wish/414772361 What were considered punishable crimes? https://padlet.com/358381/4mjcmslchwqj/wish/414774383 Not working hard enough, complaining, grieving for deceased loved ones, expressions of religious connotation, engaging in sexual contact, collecting food, and wearing jewelry.]]> 2019-11-21 16:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/358381/4mjcmslchwqj/wish/414774383 How did everything come to an end? https://padlet.com/358381/4mjcmslchwqj/wish/414785253 On January 7, 1979, after three years, eight months, and twenty days of the Khmer Rouge’s terrorizing rule, the Vietnamese invaded and freed the Cambodian people. Hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled to refugee camps at the Thai border.]]> 2019-11-21 16:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/358381/4mjcmslchwqj/wish/414785253