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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After his visit to Germany that includes a tour of a Nazi concentration camp, what does Reagan decide to push for?
(a) The rounding up and extradition of fugitive Nazis.
(b) A national Holocaust memorial.
(c) The reunification of East and West Germany.
(d) Ratification of the UN genocide convention.

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

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

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

5. The former Yugoslavia presents no obvious threat to:
(a) European interests.
(b) Soviet interests.
(c) U.S. interests.
(d) Regional stability.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On April 23, NATO officials target the _______________ of Milosevic and his associates.

3. 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."

4. The U.S. and Western countries believe the Serbs will try to ______________ Srbrenica, based on their intelligence.

5. On April 6, 1994, the jet of Rwanda's president is shot down with the president on board. What is the president's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Rwanda actually vote against setting up its war crimes tribunal?

2. What has turned out to be the drawback to not necessarily holding genocide proceedings in the victimized country?

3. While Mladic's men were killing the men and boys living in Srbrenica, what was done with the women, children, and elderly?

4. What were the terms of the agreement that Milosevic signed on June 3, 1999, after his surrender?

5. Within hours of President Habyarimana's death, whom did armed Hutus begin targeting?

6. What have the Kurds demanded since 1922?

7. What Rwandan atrocity caused the definition of genocide to be expanded upon?

8. What was significant about the UN war crimes tribunal's indictment of Milosevic for crimes against humanity?

9. Although President Reagan stated that he would endorse the genocide convention, what first step was he, as well as his administration, seemingly reluctant to take?

10. Why was President Reagan's 1985 visit to Germany's Bitburg Cemetery to lay a wreath so controversial?

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