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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. President Carter makes the first public condemnation of the Khmer Rouge in ____1978.
(a) April.
(b) August.
(c) September.
(d) January.

2. What form of intervention do the United States, Europe, and the United Nations not deploy in Bosnia until it is too late?
(a) Humanitarian.
(b) Political.
(c) Military.
(d) Economic.

3. In the three days it takes for UN soldiers to evacuate approximately 4,000 foreigners from Rwanda, how many Rwandans are killed?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 100,000.

4. Lemkin notes earlier in the century that _________ and genocide are almost always connected.
(a) War.
(b) Famine.
(c) Natural disaster.
(d) Poverty.

5. As information about Hitler's extermination of the Jews becomes more widespread, what is the reaction of the majority of people?
(a) They don't care.
(b) They rush to recruiting offices to help fight against the Nazis.
(c) They can't believe what they are hearing and seeing.
(d) They start massive relief efforts.

Short Answer Questions

1. In America, according to Power, the struggle to stop genocide is often determined by:

2. What Power sees in the former Yugoslavia causes her to examine other _______-century genocides.

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

4. During the Srbrenica massacre, how many Muslims, mostly men and boys are killed?

5. Lemkin had read many of the histories detailing what crime?

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