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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lemkin believes that both the ___________ and _________ existence of groups needs to be preserved.
(a) Financial; physical.
(b) Physical; cultural.
(c) Cultural; psychological.
(d) National; cultural.

2. Which president's administration comes under fire as more people now realize that the U.S. cannot pursue both an end to genocide and a policy of nonintervention in the Balkans?
(a) Bill Clinton.
(b) Al Gore.
(c) George W. Bush.
(d) George H.W. Bush.

3. Serbian forces executed over 7,000 Muslims in a _____________.
(a) Pig farm.
(b) Mosque.
(c) Football stadium.
(d) Elementary school.

4. Western journalists, including _______________, still in the country describe Khmer Rouge brutality and report accounts from refugees.
(a) Samantha Moore.
(b) Elizabeth Becker.
(c) Walter Cronkite.
(d) Peter Jennings.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the Preface, Power describes a _____-year-old Sarajevan who was killed in a bombing.

3. What is the purpose of President Reagan's trip to Germany, which includes a visit to Germany's Bitburg Cemetery?

4. Why doesn't the international community prosecute individuals for their roles in exterminating millions of German Jews?

5. Which country tries unsuccessfully to charge Turkish leaders with criminal behavior in the aftermath of the Armenian genocide?

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