Mass Atrocities

The historical circumstances associated with this cartoon would be:

• The British crushed the Sepoy Mutiny in India.

• King Leopold forced the people of the Congo to harvest rubber

The purpose for taking these photographs is to:

• Show the world what was happening in the Congo

• Show the world what was happening in the Congo, so that the atrocities would stop.

This photograph tells us that King Leopold's view of the Congolese is that

• They were not human

• They were excellent workers

The Jallianwala Bagh atrocities, inflicted by ............ in Amritsar on Baisakhi day , were a part of this repression .

• General Canning

• General Dyer

• General Dalhousie

• General John Shore

What does the political cartoon indicate about the world's response to genocides over the past century?

• Nations funnel money and supplies readily

• The United Nations always responds swiftly to genocide around the world

• Failure of countries and world organizations to address genocide

• Genocides only occur in democratic nations

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.

What was the motivation for the mass killings of Tutsis by the Hutus in Rwanda?

• To encourage Pan-Africanism and national unity

• To force religious assimilation

• The political struggle for control after imperialism

• The end of apartheid

Who were mainly targeted in the Rwanda genocide?

• Government officials

• Foreign nationals

• The Hutu ethnic group

• The Tutsi ethnic group

Which international body is primarily responsible for prosecuting individuals for mass atrocities such as genocide and war crimes?

• A) United Nations

• B) International Criminal Court

• C) World Health Organization

• D) International Monetary Fund

What was the primary cause of the Bosnian Genocide in the 1990s?

• A) Economic collapse

• B) Ethnic tensions and nationalism

• C) Religious differences

• D) Foreign intervention