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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Armenians who are not killed are deported by force to camps in what country?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Lebanon.
(c) Siberia.
(d) Syria.

2. Some countries, like France and Belgium, have investigated their roles in the __________ genocide but the United States has been resistant to this idea.
(a) Bosnian.
(b) Albanian.
(c) Rwandan.
(d) Armenian.

3. Some who are opposed to the United States' ratification of the genocide treaty think it is too broad and therefore can't be used to target what country?
(a) China.
(b) Iraq.
(c) The Soviet Union.
(d) North Korea.

4. 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) Nuremberg covered only cross-border crimes.
(c) The international community focused on prosecuting military organizations and governments.
(d) The genocide convention was passed after the Nuremberg trials had ended.

5. What happens on February 11, 1986?
(a) The U.S. version of the genocide treaty was rejected in the Senate.
(b) The U.S. Holocaust Museum was opened to the public.
(c) The U.S. version of the genocide treaty went up for a full Senate vote.
(d) President Reagan nearly died in an assassination attempt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the goal of NATO's bombing campaign?

2. The Serbians separate the men and boys in Srbrenica from the women and girls. What happens to the women and girls?

3. After the U.S. embassy in London cables Washington with news of the Srbrenica atrocities, how do senior U.S. and UN officials treat the situation?

4. What issue plagues the genocide convention?

5. The United States has done ______________ in actual situations of crimes against humanity.

(see the answer key)

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