View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some European countries take exception to the _____________ within the U.S.'s ratification resolution.
(a) Sovereignty restrictions.
(b) Definition of genocide.
(c) Amnesty clause.
(d) Genocide exemptions.

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

3. In the United States, Peter Galbraith, a staff member of the __________________, keep watch on the situation in Iraq.
(a) Senate Finance Committee.
(b) Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
(c) Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(d) House Foreign Relations Committee.

4. Which country announces plans in June 1994 to send 2,500 troops to Rwanda in order to set up "safe zones" for Rwandans?
(a) Somalia.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

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

6. On April 23, NATO officials target the _______________ of Milosevic and his associates.
(a) Families and friends.
(b) Personal property and businesses.
(c) Finances and businesses.
(d) Businesses and families.

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

8. On February 18, 1986:
(a) The Senate adopts the ratification resolution.
(b) The Senate amends the ratification resolution.
(c) The Senate votes on the ratification resolution.
(d) The Senate rejects the ratification resolution.

9. The first wave of calls for an international war crimes tribunal in the 1990s comes after:
(a) Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait.
(b) The Bosnian genocide.
(c) The Rwandan genocide.
(d) The Srbrenica massacre.

10. In response to demands for his rule to end, Serbia's leader brutalizes what minority in Kosovo?
(a) Croats.
(b) Albanians.
(c) Bosnians.
(d) Macedonians.

11. The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), which responds with force to the Hutu's political assassinations, thereby reigniting a civil war that had been smoldering, belongs to which Rwandan tribe?
(a) Hutu.
(b) Maasai.
(c) Tutsi.
(d) Zulu.

12. How many chemical attacks take place against the Kurds throughout Iraq?
(a) More than fifty.
(b) Under twenty.
(c) At least forty.
(d) Over one hundred.

13. In the three days it takes for UN soldiers to evacuate approximately 4,000 foreigners from Rwanda, how many Rwandans are killed?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 40,000.

14. What is the purpose of President Reagan's trip to Germany, which includes a visit to Germany's Bitburg Cemetery?
(a) To draw attention to the Holocaust.
(b) To commemorate the end of WWII.
(c) To commemorate the end of WWI.
(d) To ask Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.

15. The ratification of the genocide treaty makes the U.S. ________ in its reactions to genocide.
(a) More aggressive.
(b) Less cautious.
(c) Overly aggressive.
(d) More cautious.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do most of the Kurds killed by the Iraqis die?

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?

3. When Serbia refuses to restore autonomy to Kosovo, what group rises up in opposition?

4. Senator Proxmire continues to give a speech a day to the Senate on genocide. By the early __________, more Americans seem to be open to the idea of ratifying the genocide treaty.

5. When the safe area of Zepa is in danger from the Serbs, the Allies state they would only react with air power under what circumstance?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 576 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample