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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date do NATO jets begin bombing Serbia in an attempt to head off the looming genocide in Kosovo?

2. What happens on February 11, 1986?

3. On February 18, 1986:

4. In what year is the first genocide case tried before an international court?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What have the Kurds demanded since 1922?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What consequence did the State Department threaten against the Serbian soldiers?

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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Demonstrate how the Cambodian genocide illustrates the manner in which internal politics in the United States affect U.S. actions. Support your arguments from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the Rwandan and Yugoslavian war crimes courts. Use the text to support your statements.

Essay Topic 3

Powers' argument in the book is that the United States has had information about all of the twentieth-century genocides and has done little to prevent or stop them. Using the text for support, compare and contrast the United States' reaction to each of the genocides in the book and then analyze whether or not Powers' argument is valid.

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