Unit 8 Final Quiz (Open Note)

Which of the following best describes the historical circumstances that led to the rise of the Khmer Rouge?

• Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Cong armed and trained them

• The leaders were trained in the Soviet Union

• Cambodian workers were exploited by wealthy business owners in the factories

• Bombing by America displaced rural peasants

The Armenian Genocide took place in the modern day nation of ​ (a)   . The primary way that Armenians were different than their killers was their ethnicity and ​ (b)  

• Turkey
• religion
• Iran
• Saudi Arabia
• India
• Bosnia
• Race
• Social Class
• Nationality

Which of the following conclusions can we make, based on the Cambodian genocide?

• Genocides only take place in poor / undeveloped countries

• Race and religion are the only reasons why genocides take place

• A genocide can take place even where people share a common race and religion

• All genocides are caused by communist government

Which of the following best describes the term genocide?

• The slaughter of a massive number of people during a war

• The deliberate targeting of a specific group of people for extermination

• A violent battle between two groups for territory

• The mass starvation of a group of people to help in the modernization of a country

After WWI the ​ (a)   was created to keep world peace. It failed. After WWII the ​ (b)   was created to keep world peace, and it still exists today.

• League of Nations
• United Nations (UN)
• North American Treaty Organization (NATO)
• The International Monetary Fund
• The World Bank
• The International Legion
• The World Peace Foundation
• The Union of Communist Saints

After the collapse of Yugoslavia, Bosnian ​ ​ (a)   were attacked by ​ (b)   in an attempt at 'ethnic cleansing'

• Muslims
• Serbians
• Croatians
• Christians
• Jews
• Hindus
• Albanians
• Macedonians
• Slovenians

Which of the following best describes the ideology of the Khmer Rouge?

• They were an extreme form of communism combined with traditional values

• They were a fascist dictatorship obsessed with creating a 'master race'

• They were extreme nationalists that wanted to 'ethnically cleanse' their nation

• They were a military government that was obsessed with imperialism, conquest and modernization

Which of the following genocides made famous the term 'ethnic cleansing'?

• Rwanda

• Bosnia

• Cambodia

• Armenia

• Holocaust

How did the authoritarian governments in Argentina and Chile take power?

• military coup-d'etat

• democratic election

• violent populist revolution

• communist revolution

In ​ (a)   the military governments would 'disappear' their enemies by throwing them from planes into the ocean. In ​ (b)   Augusto Pinochet's government turned a football stadium into a prison for political enemies.

• Argentina
• Chile
• Cuba
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Mexico
• Bolivia
• El Salvador