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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. On which humanitarian crisis does the U.S. government focus in an attempt to deflect attention and public pressure away from Bosnia?
(a) Romania.
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Somalia.

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

3. Policymakers in favor of ratification argue not only for the moral imperatives but also that non-ratification is:
(a) Enhancing Soviet interests and status.
(b) Enhancing and facilitating the spread of Communism.
(c) Damaging American interests and status.
(d) Damaging the UN's interests and status.

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

5. Early signs of trouble in the Balkans begin with brief wars in Slovenia and Croatia in the early:
(a) 1910s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1990s.
(d) 1970s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens on February 11, 1986?

2. The former Yugoslavia presents no obvious threat to:

3. In the United States, Peter Galbraith, a staff member of the __________________, keep watch on the situation in Iraq.

4. Which Serb is in custody for carrying out the Srebrenica atrocities?

5. What is the name of the Bosnian Serb commander who directs the Srbrenica genocide?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Bosnian Serbs declared an independent Serb state, what measure did Western countries take in an attempt to stabilize the area?

3. Four months after the war began in Bosnia, Helsinki Watch released a report on the situation. What details did the report contain?

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

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

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

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

8. What have the Kurds demanded since 1922?

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

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

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