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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date does the final country required for ratification ratify the genocide treaty?
(a) October 16, 1950.
(b) December 9, 1948.
(c) December 11, 1946.
(d) November 7, 1950.

2. What is not yet invented at the time the Armenian genocide takes places and is therefore not available as a means by which to communicate news and information about it?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) Telegraph.
(c) Photography.
(d) Television.

3. Whom does Iraq's president appoint as secretary-general of the Northern Bureau?
(a) Tariq Aziz.
(b) Ali Hassan al-Majid.
(c) Saddam Hussein.
(d) Nour al-Maliki.

4. Policymakers in favor of ratification argue not only for the moral imperatives but also that non-ratification is:
(a) Enhancing Soviet interests and status.
(b) Damaging American interests and status.
(c) Damaging the UN's interests and status.
(d) Enhancing and facilitating the spread of Communism.

5. As the resolution is discussed, some delegates advocate the use of ____________ instead of "genocide."
(a) Terrorism.
(b) Racism.
(c) Extermination.
(d) Persecution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following issues are not among those that the United States feared would be used against them under the genocide treaty?

2. The term "class enemy" that is used by the Khmer Rouge often translated into which group of people?

3. What is the name of the Bosnian Serb commander who directs the Srbrenica genocide?

4. After the president's plane is shot down, Colonel Theoneste Bagosora and the Rwandan army take control of the country. What Rwandan tribe does Bagosora belong to?

5. Serbian forces executed over 7,000 Muslims in a _____________.

(see the answer key)

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