Rwanda Regents Questions

82016 44 One way in which the withdrawal of Belgian

control in Rwanda and the fall of communism in

Yugoslavia are similar is that they both led

directly to...

• membership in the EU (European Union)

• ethnic conflict

• open multiparty elections

• intervention by NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

^{82015 50} One way in which the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire (1915) and the Tutsis in Rwanda (1994) are similar is that both groups...

• seceded to create an independent state

• fled to escape a severe flood

• suffered human rights violations

• sought safe haven in the Soviet Union

“India Partitioned at Independence”

“Serbs Fuel Conflict in Kosovo”

“Grievances Divide Hutu and Tutsi”

^{62015 36} Which conclusion do these headlines support?

• Ethnic & religious differences have been sources of tension.

• Economic cooperation can overcome political issues.

• Gender differences are more powerful than differences in social status.

• Cultural diversity leads to stable societies

^{12015 41} Which country was the site of ethnic tensions and a civil war between the Hutu and Tutsi in the 1990s?

• Tanzania

• Rwanda

• Kenya

• Sudan

• Tutsis and Hutus in Rwanda

• Russians and Chechens in southwestern Russia

• Tamils and Sinhalese in Sri Lanka

^{62014 43} In the 1990s, which situation characterized the

relationship of the peoples listed for each of these

regions?

• development of a shared economy

• brutal civil conflict

• movement toward religious toleration

• cooperative political compromise

^{12014 35} What was the main reason refugees fled Rwanda in the 1990s?

• expansion of the Sahel

• devastation from an earthquake

• Cold War tensions

• ethnic conflict

^{82012 38} What is the key idea of this cartoon?

• Genocide in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur has been stopped.

• Human rights issues are best dealt with by the United Nations.

• The United Nations has not been effective in ending genocide.

• Fear of war crimes trials has brought peace to troubled regions.