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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1990, after the U.S. Senate cuts off Iraq's financial assistance and credit line, what happened?
(a) Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. Marines.
(b) Saddam Hussein was overthrown by his military.
(c) Iraq invaded Kuwait.
(d) Iraq invaded Iran.

2. What issue plagues the genocide convention?
(a) State prejudices against certain ethnic groups.
(b) Political ideologies.
(c) State sovereignty.
(d) International unity.

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

4. After his visit to Germany that includes a tour of a Nazi concentration camp, what does Reagan decide to push for?
(a) A national Holocaust memorial.
(b) The rounding up and extradition of fugitive Nazis.
(c) The reunification of East and West Germany.
(d) Ratification of the UN genocide convention.

5. From 1983 to 1988, the United States gives Iraq more than ____________ per year in credit so that Iraq could purchase American products.
(a) $5 million.
(b) $500 million.
(c) $1 billion.
(d) $50 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what group does Lemkin take out his frustration over the United States' slowness to ratify the genocide treaty?

2. In 1994, what measure does the UN Security Council take against the Serbs?

3. Lemkin had long been fascinated by ____________.

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

5. What happens on Dec. 11, 1946?

(see the answer key)

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