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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Rwandan and Yugoslavian trials also prove that the ethnic violence and genocide was:
(a) A myth.
(b) Spontaneous.
(c) An accident.
(d) Planned.

3. Who is Canadian Major General Romeo Dallaire?
(a) Commander of Rwanda's UN mission.
(b) Canada's ambassador to Rwanda.
(c) Commander of Canada's peacekeeping forces in Rwanda.
(d) Canada's Secretary of State.

4. Which senator begins denouncing Yugoslavia's human rights issues in the 1980s?
(a) Bob Dole.
(b) Strom Thurmond.
(c) Hillary Clinton.
(d) Ted Kennedy.

5. Serbia becomes disillusioned with ____________, its leader, and begins to demand an end to his rule.
(a) Radovan Karadzic.
(b) Ratko Mladic.
(c) Slobodan Milosevic.
(d) Amor Masovic.

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

7. When Serbia refuses to restore autonomy to Kosovo, what group rises up in opposition?
(a) Kosovo Liberation Army.
(b) Liberation League of Albania.
(c) Kosovar Liberation Army.
(d) Albanian Freedom Fighters.

8. Although Milosevic is initially indicted only for crimes against humanity, the indictment is broadened to include genocide in:
(a) Albania.
(b) Bosnia.
(c) Croatia.
(d) Kosovo.

9. In 1994, what measure does the UN Security Council take against the Serbs?
(a) It invokes the Genocide Convention.
(b) It creates a criminal tribunal.
(c) It invokes the Genocide Convention and creates a criminal tribunal.
(d) It sends UN peacekeepers to the region.

10. 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.
(a) 1970s.
(b) 1990s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1980s.

11. What is the name of the UN official who releases a report on July 24, 1995, that says 7,000 Srbrenica residents have disappeared?
(a) Ban-Ki Moon.
(b) Lech Walesa.
(c) Tadeusz Mazowiecki.
(d) Vaclav Havel.

12. This country frequently cuts down U.S. criticisms of other countries by saying "a country that had not even contracted to the genocide convention had no right to lecture the Soviet Union on human rights."
(a) Germany.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) The Soviet Union.

13. Before Pol Pot dies in 1998, whom does he claim the deaths in Cambodia are the responsibility of?
(a) The Americans.
(b) The Laotians.
(c) The Vietnamese.
(d) The Burmese.

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

15. During the Srbrenica massacre, how many Muslims, mostly men and boys are killed?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 7,000.
(d) 4,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Milosevic arrives at the War Crimes Tribunal, he becomes the _______ Yugoslav war crimes suspect behind UN bars.

2. After his visit to Germany that includes a tour of a Nazi concentration camp, what does Reagan decide to push for?

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

4. General Clark, who is head of the NATO operation, wants to plan for a(n):

5. In 100 days, some ___________ Tutsi, as well as the Hutu politicians, are murdered.

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