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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. In July 1995, Serb forces invade Srbrenica, which is considered a:
(a) Refugee camp.
(b) Autonomous region.
(c) Safe area.
(d) Major city.

2. 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?
(a) Freeze Serbia's assets.
(b) Send ground forces to the region.
(c) Lift the arms embargo.
(d) Commence air strikes against Serb troops.

3. 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) 1980s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1990s.
(d) 1960s.

4. 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 Rwanda Accords.
(b) The Arusha Accords.
(c) The UN Accords.
(d) The Kigali Accords.

5. The first wave of calls for an international war crimes tribunal in the 1990s comes after:
(a) The Rwandan genocide.
(b) The Srbrenica massacre.
(c) Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait.
(d) The Bosnian genocide.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1994, what measure does the UN Security Council take against the Serbs?

2. The UN member states begin setting up a _____________ International Criminal Court (ICC).

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

4. Which 1998 law signed by President Clinton calls for an international tribunal to be established to try those who committed the Kurdish genocide?

5. After the Serbian forces leave Kosovo, Albanians expell 100,000 Serbs from Kosovo and killed __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the conditions under which Milosevic was delivered to The Hague for his trial?

2. When Yugoslavia began to break up into smaller countries in 1991, what dilemma was Bosnia thrown into?

3. Why was the Arusha agreement unpopular with Hutu extremists?

4. What have the Kurds demanded since 1922?

5. When Kurdish leaders decided to side with Iran in the Iraq-Iran war, what was the reaction of the Iraqi military?

6. In the middle of July 1995, what did journalists stationed in the Balkan region begin reporting?

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

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

9. Why did the U.S. turn a blind eye to Iraqi brutality against the Kurds?

10. What was the human and geographic toll of the Serbs' genocide against the Bosnians, in terms of people killed, people displaced, and partitioning of Bosnian territory?

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