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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In 1991, __________ begins to break up into smaller countries.
2. In response to demands for his rule to end, Serbia's leader brutalizes what minority in Kosovo?
3. In 1994, what measure does the UN Security Council take against the Serbs?
4. Which 1998 law signed by President Clinton calls for an international tribunal to be established to try those who committed the Kurdish genocide?
5. The town of Halabja becomes known as the Kurdish ____________.
Short Essay Questions
1. Although President Reagan stated that he would endorse the genocide convention, what first step was he, as well as his administration, seemingly reluctant to take?
2. What would have been the consequences of including, within the U.S. version of the genocide treaty, a restriction on its jurisdiction in cases where the U.S. might be called?
3. What was significant about the UN war crimes tribunal's indictment of Milosevic for crimes against humanity?
4. What has turned out to be the drawback to not necessarily holding genocide proceedings in the victimized country?
5. What was the influence of the creation of the 1993 International War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia upon the Rwandan genocide?
6. Why did Rwanda actually vote against setting up its war crimes tribunal?
7. What were the conditions under which Milosevic was delivered to The Hague for his trial?
8. Although Rwanda held one of the seats on the UN Security Council, what measures that the Council could have taken against the Hutus' genocide were never suggested?
9. What were the terms of the agreement that Milosevic signed on June 3, 1999, after his surrender?
10. What consequence did the State Department threaten against the Serbian soldiers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze, explain, and demonstrate, supporting your arguments from the text, how, in each of the cases of genocide that Power examines, both physical and cultural destruction were used to demolish and eradicate racial, ethnic, and political groups.
Essay Topic 2
Using the text to support your arguments, analyze and explain the reasons why government officials and journalists in Allied countries dismissed intelligence of the Holocaust as unsubstantiated and untrustworthy.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast Senator Bob Dole and Raphael Lemkin's respective lobbying efforts in the fight against genocide. Use the text to back up your statements.
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