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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. General Clark, who is head of the NATO operation, wants to plan for a(n):
(a) Occupation.
(b) Reunification.
(c) Amphibious assault.
(d) Ground invasion.

3. On what date does NATO begin bombing Serb forces?
(a) July 27, 1995.
(b) July 24, 1995.
(c) August 30, 1995.
(d) July 20, 1995.

4. On ______ the UN war crimes tribunal indicts Milosevic for crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
(a) March 24, 1999.
(b) February 24, 1999.
(c) June 4, 1999.
(d) May 24, 1999.

5. 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) Vaclav Havel.
(b) Tadeusz Mazowiecki.
(c) Ban-Ki Moon.
(d) Lech Walesa.

6. Which human rights group had been keeping a close eye on the Yugoslavian situation since the early-1990s?
(a) UNICEF.
(b) Amnesty International.
(c) Human Rights Watch.
(d) Helsinki Watch.

7. From whom does the most detailed evidence of the atrocities come?
(a) Three Muslim men who survive a massacre.
(b) The area's UN special reporter for human rights.
(c) Three Muslim women who escape.
(d) Journalists who are stationed in the region.

8. 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?
(a) If Gorazde was attacked.
(b) If Zepa was attacked.
(c) If UN troops were attacked.
(d) If Macedonia was attacked.

9. Major General Dallaire is stationed in Rwanda to help make sure what power-sharing agreement that, until the downing of the presidential plane held civil war at bay, is observed?
(a) The UN Accords.
(b) The Arusha Accords.
(c) The Kigali Accords.
(d) The Rwanda Accords.

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

11. One year after the U.S. ratifies the genocide convention, who is the president of Iraq?
(a) Hamid Karzai.
(b) Saddam Hussein.
(c) Reza Pahlavi.
(d) Ali Hassan al-Majid.

12. On April 6, 1994, the jet of Rwanda's president is shot down with the president on board. What is the president's name?
(a) Cyprien Ntaryamira.
(b) Habyarimana Cyprien.
(c) Juvenal Habyarimana.
(d) Cyprien Bagosora.

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

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

15. 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?
(a) As an act of war.
(b) As nothing out of the ordinary.
(c) As a military situation.
(d) As an international humanitarian crisis.

Short Answer Questions

1. From 1983 to 1988, the United States gives Iraq more than ____________ per year in credit so that Iraq could purchase American products.

2. In 1991, __________ begins to break up into smaller countries.

3. Senator Bob Dole introduces a bill in the U.S. Senate that calls for what measure to be taken in order to help the Muslims in the Balkans?

4. Hutu gunmen and soldiers, within hours of the president's death, execute virtually all of Rwanda's __________ politicians.

5. The former Yugoslavia presents no obvious threat to:

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