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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Khmer Rouge evacuates all __________ before commencing their genocide.
(a) Vietnamese.
(b) Americans.
(c) Foreigners.
(d) Laotians.

2. Which concentration center does British Independent Television gain footage of?
(a) Srbrenica.
(b) Sarajevo.
(c) Helsinki.
(d) Trnopolje.

3. What is the name of the Bosnian Serb commander who directs the Srbrenica genocide?
(a) Slobodan Mladic.
(b) Ratko Milosevic.
(c) Slobodan Milosevic.
(d) Ratko Mladic.

4. What is the name of the UN official who releases a report on July 24, 1995, that says 7,000 Srbrenica residents have disappeared?
(a) Ban-Ki Moon.
(b) Tadeusz Mazowiecki.
(c) Vaclav Havel.
(d) Lech Walesa.

5. In the Preface, Power describes a _____-year-old Sarajevan who was killed in a bombing.
(a) Nine.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who coins the word "genocide" to describe the atrocities in Nazi Germany and in Turkey?

2. In response to the bombing, Serbian forces expell 1.3 million Kosovars, _____________ of which flee to Macedonia and Albania.

3. When the United States sets up the Committee on Armenian Atrocities, what does the group not call for on behalf of the Armenians?

4. Historically, according to Power, the United States has been ____________ to recognize and act when genocide occurred.

5. Some who are opposed to the United States' ratification of the genocide treaty think it would be used to target the United States for its treatment of __________________.

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