Genocide Quiz

Who were the two opposing groups in the Cambodian civil war of the early 1970s?

• North Vietnam and South Vietnam
• The Cambodian government and the Khmer Rouge
• United States and the Viet Cong
• China and the Soviet Union

What was the Khmer Rouge's belief about the urban population and people with education?

• They were valued for their skills and knowledge
• They should be the leaders of the new society
• They were corrupt and influenced by western ideas
• They should be retrained to become farmers

Which of the following was NOT one of the Khmer Rouge's methods of establishing control?

• Forcing people into agricultural labor
• Maintaining formal education systems
• Breaking ties to religion and family
• Eliminating perceived enemies of the state

What became known as 'The Killing Fields' in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge?

• Museums documenting the history
• Areas where mass executions took place
• The battlefields from the civil war
• Government buildings of the Khmer Rouge

How did the Khmer Rouge primarily view professionals such as lawyers and doctors?

• As necessary for rebuilding the society
• As threats to the new regime
• As leaders in education and healthcare
• As neutral parties

What happened in January 1979 in relation to the rule of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia?

• The Khmer Rouge took control of Cambodia
• The United Nations intervened to stop the genocide
• Phnom Penh was liberated by Vietnamese troops
• A peace treaty was signed

How many convictions resulted from the Khmer Rouge Tribunal trials that began in 2009?

• None
• Three
• Over twenty
• All accused were convicted

Which groups did Yugoslavia originally bring together after World War I?

• Serbs, Croats, Slovenians, Bosniaks, Macedonians, Montenegrins
• Serbs, Croats, Czechs, Slovaks, Macedonians, Montenegrins
• Serbs, Croats, Slovenians, Hungarians, Romanians, Bulgarians
• Serbs, Croats, Albanians, Bosniaks, Greeks, Montenegrins

Who led Yugoslavia as a communist federation after World War II?

• Franjo Tuđman
• Slobodan Milošević
• Josip Broz Tito
• Ratko Mladić

Which event led to the rise of nationalistic tensions and calls for independence within Yugoslavia in the 1980s?

• The death of Josip Broz Tito
• The fall of the Berlin Wall
• The outbreak of World War II
• The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand