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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ratification of the genocide treaty makes the U.S. ________ in its reactions to genocide.
(a) More cautious.
(b) Overly aggressive.
(c) More aggressive.
(d) Less cautious.

2. On which humanitarian crisis does the U.S. government focus in an attempt to deflect attention and public pressure away from Bosnia?
(a) Romania.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Somalia.
(d) Ethiopia.

3. By November 2001, how many of the fifty-three Rwandan defendants in U.S. custody have been convicted of genocide?
(a) 53.
(b) 3.
(c) 50.
(d) 8.

4. Which ethnic group is responsible for the aggression against minorities after Yugoslavia's collapse?
(a) Croats.
(b) Serbs.
(c) Montenegrins.
(d) Bosnians.

5. The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), which responds with force to the Hutu's political assassinations, thereby reigniting a civil war that had been smoldering, belongs to which Rwandan tribe?
(a) Zulu.
(b) Hutu.
(c) Maasai.
(d) Tutsi.

6. In what year is the first genocide case tried before an international court?
(a) 2003.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1995.
(d) 2001.

7. In the United States, Peter Galbraith, a staff member of the __________________, keep watch on the situation in Iraq.
(a) House Foreign Relations Committee.
(b) Senate Finance Committee.
(c) Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(d) Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

8. In July 1995, Serb forces invade Srbrenica, which is considered a:
(a) Safe area.
(b) Refugee camp.
(c) Autonomous region.
(d) Major city.

9. After his visit to Germany that includes a tour of a Nazi concentration camp, what does Reagan decide to push for?
(a) A national Holocaust memorial.
(b) The reunification of East and West Germany.
(c) The rounding up and extradition of fugitive Nazis.
(d) Ratification of the UN genocide convention.

10. Although Milosevic is initially indicted only for crimes against humanity, the indictment is broadened to include genocide in:
(a) Albania.
(b) Bosnia.
(c) Croatia.
(d) Kosovo.

11. In 1994, what measure does the UN Security Council take against the Serbs?
(a) It sends UN peacekeepers to the region.
(b) It invokes the Genocide Convention and creates a criminal tribunal.
(c) It creates a criminal tribunal.
(d) It invokes the Genocide Convention.

12. What do Western diplomats suggest that Bosnia offer to its minorities?
(a) Assistance seeking asylum in other countries.
(b) Human rights protections.
(c) Autonomy.
(d) Protection from genocide.

13. Who is Canadian Major General Romeo Dallaire?
(a) Canada's Secretary of State.
(b) Commander of Rwanda's UN mission.
(c) Commander of Canada's peacekeeping forces in Rwanda.
(d) Canada's ambassador to Rwanda.

14. Out of an overall population of 18 million Iraqis, how many are "problematic" (according to the government) Kurds?
(a) 10 million.
(b) 400,000.
(c) 4 million.
(d) 8 million.

15. On ______ the UN war crimes tribunal indicts Milosevic for crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
(a) February 24, 1999.
(b) May 24, 1999.
(c) June 4, 1999.
(d) March 24, 1999.

Short Answer Questions

1. One year after the U.S. ratifies the genocide convention, who is the president of Iraq?

2. Kurdish refugees begin pouring into ____________ and pouring out stories of their suffering to anyone who would listen.

3. Which 1998 law signed by President Clinton calls for an international tribunal to be established to try those who committed the Kurdish genocide?

4. Major General Dallaire is stationed in Rwanda to help make sure what power-sharing agreement that, until the downing of the presidential plane held civil war at bay, is observed?

5. How many chemical attacks take place against the Kurds throughout Iraq?

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