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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. When the Iraqi government orders Kurds to move into collective centers, any Kurd who remains in a prohibited area is:

2. Although Milosevic is initially indicted only for crimes against humanity, the indictment is broadened to include genocide in:

3. What happens on February 11, 1986?

4. 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?

5. Which concentration center does British Independent Television gain footage of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the text, analyze and explain the causes of the "Southeast Asia fatigue" that permeated most American newsrooms during the Khmer Rouge genocide.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the United States' initial response to each genocide covered in A Problem from Hell. Use the text to support your statements.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze, explain, and demonstrate, supporting your arguments from the text, how, in each of the cases of genocide that Power examines, both physical and cultural destruction were used to demolish and eradicate racial, ethnic, and political groups.

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