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Contemporary Cases

  1. Identify the Darfur conflict and the U.S. characterization of it.
  2. Identify the Rohingya situation in Myanmar.
  3. Identify the Uyghur situation in China.

XIV. Smart Assessments: Practice Questions

Multiple Choice Practice (18 questions)

  1. The word genocide was coined in 1944 by:
  • (A) Adolf Hitler
  • (B) Raphael Lemkin
  • (C) Winston Churchill
  • (D) Eleanor Roosevelt
  1. The Genocide Convention of 1948 defines genocide as acts committed with the intent to destroy:
  • (A) Any large group of people
  • (B) A national, ethnic, racial, or religious group, in whole or in part
  • (C) A political opposition party
  • (D) A military force
  1. The Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923 was carried out by:
  • (A) The Soviet Union
  • (B) The Ottoman Empire
  • (C) Britain
  • (D) Iran
  1. Approximately how many Armenians were killed in the Armenian Genocide?
  • (A) Fifty thousand
  • (B) Two hundred thousand
  • (C) One to 1.5 million
  • (D) Ten million
  1. The Nuremberg Trials established the principle that:
  • (A) National sovereignty is absolute
  • (B) Obedience to orders is not a defense against charges of crimes against humanity
  • (C) Only states, not individuals, can be held responsible for war crimes
  • (D) Aggressive war is legal under international law
  1. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in:
  • (A) 1919
  • (B) 1945
  • (C) 1948
  • (D) 1989
  1. The Cambodian Genocide of 1975-1979 was carried out by:

  • (A) Vietnamese forces

  • (B) American forces

  • (C) The Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot

  • (D) Chinese forces

  1. Approximately how many people died in the Cambodian Genocide?

  • (A) One hundred thousand

  • (B) Five hundred thousand

  • (C) One and a half to two million

  • (D) Ten million

  1. Which of the following best describes the targets of the Khmer Rouge?

  • (A) Only Buddhist monks

  • (B) Only ethnic minorities

  • (C) A broad range of people including former government officials, intellectuals, ethnic minorities, religious figures, and eventually members of the Khmer Rouge themselves

  • (D) Only foreign visitors

  1. The Rwandan Genocide of 1994 was carried out by:

  • (A) Tutsi extremists against Hutus

  • (B) Hutu extremists against Tutsis and moderate Hutus

  • (C) Belgian colonial forces

  • (D) UN peacekeepers

  1. Approximately how many people were killed in the Rwandan Genocide?

  • (A) Fifty thousand

  • (B) Two hundred thousand

  • (C) Eight hundred thousand

  • (D) Five million

  1. Which of the following best describes the international response to the Rwandan Genocide?

  • (A) Swift and effective military intervention

  • (B) Catastrophic failure, with UN peacekeepers reduced rather than reinforced and major powers refusing to use the word genocide to avoid legal obligations

  • (C) Successful diplomatic mediation that ended the killing

13. The Srebrenica Massacre of July 1995 involved:

  • (A) The killing of approximately 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces
  • (B) A NATO bombing campaign
  • (C) A Russian intervention
  • (D) Diplomatic negotiations

14. Which of the following is the term used for the systematic forced removal of an ethnic group from a territory?

  • (A) Migration
  • (B) Ethnic cleansing
  • (C) Voluntary resettlement
  • (D) Naturalization

15. The International Criminal Court (ICC), founded in 2002, was created to:

  • (A) Replace national courts
  • (B) Prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression
  • (C) Negotiate trade disputes
  • (D) Establish international borders

16. The doctrine of Responsibility to Protect (R2P), adopted in 2005, holds that:

  • (A) States have no responsibility for their own populations
  • (B) The international community has a responsibility to act when a state fails to protect its population from genocide and other mass atrocities
  • (C) National sovereignty is unlimited
  • (D) Military intervention is always required

17. The persecution of the Rohingya by the government of Myanmar has been characterized by the United Nations as:

  • (A) A peaceful resettlement program
  • (B) Genocide or possible genocide
  • (C) Economic development
  • (D) Religious freedom

18. Which of the following is a common feature of major genocides studied in this course?

  • (A) Limited use of state institutions

  • (B) The exploitation of crisis conditions and the systematic use of modern bureaucratic and military methods to target identifiable groups

  • (C) Spontaneous individual violence with no organization

  • (D) Religious motivation only

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