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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Germany.
(d) Somalia.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Which concentration camp does Reagan visit during his trip to Germany in response to people's complaints about his laying a wreath at a cemetery that includes the graves of nearly 50 Nazi SS officials?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Treblinka.
(c) Bergen-Belsen.
(d) Mauthausen.

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

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

12. In what year does the Genocide Convention Implementation Act become law?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1987.

13. Which substance is not used by Iraqi forces in the attack on Halabja?
(a) Tabun.
(b) Sarin.
(c) Mustard gas.
(d) Ricin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The ratification of the genocide treaty makes the U.S. ________ in its reactions to genocide.

2. The first wave of calls for an international war crimes tribunal in the 1990s comes after:

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. What is the purpose of President Reagan's trip to Germany, which includes a visit to Germany's Bitburg Cemetery?

5. 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?

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