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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which president's administration comes under fire as more people now realize that the U.S. cannot pursue both an end to genocide and a policy of nonintervention in the Balkans?
(a) George H.W. Bush.
(b) Bill Clinton.
(c) Al Gore.
(d) George W. Bush.

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

5. The Bosnian Serbs' actions against non-Serbs are euphemistically referred to as:
(a) Ethnic re-alignment.
(b) Ethnic unification.
(c) Ethnic purification.
(d) Ethnic cleansing.

6. In 1991, __________ begins to break up into smaller countries.
(a) The Soviet Union.
(b) The Ottoman Empire.
(c) Czechoslovakia.
(d) Yugoslavia.

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

8. By November 2001, how many of the fifty-three Rwandan defendants in U.S. custody have been convicted of genocide?
(a) 3.
(b) 53.
(c) 50.
(d) 8.

9. In response to the bombing, Serbian forces expell 1.3 million Kosovars, _____________ of which flee to Macedonia and Albania.
(a) 1,200,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 1,000,000.
(d) 700,000.

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

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

12. In what year is the first genocide case tried before an international court?
(a) 2003.
(b) 1995.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1998.

13. The Serb crackdown in Kosovo is endangering a fragile peace in Bosnia on which the U.S. had already spent more than:
(a) $100 billion.
(b) $10 billion.
(c) $10 million.
(d) $1 trillion.

14. Out of an overall population of 18 million Iraqis, how many are "problematic" (according to the government) Kurds?
(a) 8 million.
(b) 10 million.
(c) 4 million.
(d) 400,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By April 10, 1994, Dallaire becomes convinced that the Hutus are targeting anyone who had this in their possession:

2. In July 1995, Serb forces invade Srbrenica, which is considered a:

3. During the Srbrenica massacre, how many Muslims, mostly men and boys are killed?

4. In what year does the Genocide Convention Implementation Act become law?

5. Which substance is not used by Iraqi forces in the attack on Halabja?

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