Cold War and Contemporary Europe
Who is credited with leading the Soviet Union through its Great Purge and World War II?
Adolf Hitler
Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Which term is used to describe state-sanctioned systematic discrimination and persecution against a particular group?
Inocented attempt to training on a military member of the group for an attack on military corporations or individuals from different countries of victims and steps to prevent religious harassment ..
Genocide
Which country initiated COMECON as part of its influence over Eastern Bloc countries during their cold war?
USSR
United States
Germany
France
Which of these is an example of how international dynamics influenced domestic events leading to mass atrocities in Europe post-1945?
The establishment of the Warsaw Pact by Eastern Bloc countries under USSR leadership
The influence of Soviet policies leading to Hungary's Uprising in 1956 and its brutal suppression.
The creation of NATO as a defense alliance against USSR aggression
UK's decision to leave European Union popularly known as Brexit.
Which genocide occurred in the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s?
Bosnian Genocide
Rwandan Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Cambodian Genocide
What term refers to the systematic killing or extermination of an entire people or nation?
Famine
Civil war
Epidemic
Genocide
What technological advancement significantly facilitated the documentation and dissemination of information about mass atrocities since 1945?
Television broadcasting
Commercial aviation
Atomic energy
Personal computers

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During which period did European countries begin extensively using fossil fuels, contributing significantly to global climate change?
Classical Antiquity.
The Renaissance period.
The Industrial Revolution.
Medieval feudal times.
If the British had intervened sooner during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, how could this potentially affect the Good Friday Agreement?
The Good Friday Agreement would have been unnecessary.
It may either accelerate or delay the agreement depending on the intervention's effectiveness.
The Troubles would have escalated into a full-blown war.
The British government would have gained control over Northern Ireland permanently.
How does queer theory help explain the instances of mass atrocities since 1945?
It demonstrates how society's heteronormative expectations can lead to violence against marginalized groups including LGBTQ+ individuals.
The theory shows that class conflicts led to most mass atrocities since 1945.
Queer theory focuses on colonial relations as the root cause for these atrocities.
It explains such incidents predominantly from a gender-based viewpoint, focusing on the experiences of women only.