The genocide was implemented in two phases: the wholesale killing of the able-bodied male population through massacre and subjection of army conscripts to forced labour, followed by the deportation of women, children, the elderly and infirm on death marches leading to the Syrian desert. Driven forward by military escorts, the deportees were deprived of food and water and subjected to periodic robbery, rape, and massacre. There was local Armenian resistance in the region, developed against the activities of the Ottoman Empire. The events of 1915 to 1917 are regarded by Armenians and the vast majority of Western historians to have been state-sponsored mass killings, or genocide. COUNT 5
QSN1 What do the Armenians see the events of 1915-1917 as? ANS1 state-sponsored mass killings, or genocide QSN2 How many phases were there to the Armenian Genocide? ANS2 two phases QSN3 What did the first phase of the Armenian Genocide involve? ANS3 killing of the able-bodied male population QSN4 What did the second phase of the Armenian Genocide involve? ANS4 deportation of women, children, the elderly and infirm QSN5 Where did the Armenian Genocide death marches push the deportees to? ANS5 Syrian desert