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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On April 6, 1994, the jet of Rwanda's president is shot down with the president on board. What is the president's name?
(a) Habyarimana Cyprien.
(b) Cyprien Ntaryamira.
(c) Juvenal Habyarimana.
(d) Cyprien Bagosora.

3. Why doesn't the international community prosecute individuals for their roles in exterminating millions of German Jews?
(a) The international community saw the issue as a national, not personal, crime.
(b) The international community focused on prosecuting military organizations and governments.
(c) Nuremberg covered only cross-border crimes.
(d) The genocide convention was passed after the Nuremberg trials had ended.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens on February 11, 1986?

2. Western journalists, including _______________, still in the country describe Khmer Rouge brutality and report accounts from refugees.

3. What is the name of the leader of the Khmer Rouge?

4. On what date does the final country required for ratification ratify the genocide treaty?

5. Out of an overall population of 18 million Iraqis, how many are "problematic" (according to the government) Kurds?

(see the answer key)

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