"A Problem From Hell:" America and the Age of Genocide Test | Final Test - Hard

Samantha Power
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 129 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

"A Problem From Hell:" America and the Age of Genocide Test | Final Test - Hard

Samantha Power
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 129 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Which substance is not used by Iraqi forces in the attack on Halabja?

2. When the safe area of Zepa is in danger from the Serbs, the Allies state they would only react with air power under what circumstance?

3. By November 2001, how many of the fifty-three Rwandan defendants in U.S. custody have been convicted of genocide?

4. What happens on February 11, 1986?

5. Senator Proxmire continues to give a speech a day to the Senate on genocide. By the early __________, more Americans seem to be open to the idea of ratifying the genocide treaty.

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. When Kurdish leaders decided to side with Iran in the Iraq-Iran war, what was the reaction of the Iraqi military?

3. What have the Kurds demanded since 1922?

4. What was significant about the UN war crimes tribunal's indictment of Milosevic for crimes against humanity?

5. When Yugoslavia began to break up into smaller countries in 1991, what dilemma was Bosnia thrown into?

6. Why was the Arusha agreement unpopular with Hutu extremists?

7. In February, 1999, Western allies presented Milosevic with a "take-it-or-leave-it" proposal. What were the conditions of this proposal?

8. What has turned out to be the drawback to not necessarily holding genocide proceedings in the victimized country?

9. In the middle of July 1995, what did journalists stationed in the Balkan region begin reporting?

10. From 1987-1988, Hussein's military killed how many Kurds as it destroyed thousands of Kurdish villages?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the Rwandan and Yugoslavian war crimes courts. Use the text to support your statements.

Essay Topic 2

Using the text to support your statements, describe and analyze the shifts in power and position between Rwanda's Tutsi and Hutu in the three decades between Rwanda's independence from Belgium and the Arusha accords.

Essay Topic 3

Explain America's role in Southeast Asia during the 1960s and demonstrate why this role made Americans reluctant to get involved in the Cambodian genocide. Support your arguments from the text.

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