This 11th Prime Minister of Israel, elected in 2001, is considered by many Israelis to be a strong leader battling terrorism. Many critics, however, particularly in the Arab world, refer to him as “the Butcher of Beirut” and have sought his prosecution as a war criminal.

Related Mcqs:

1. As the leader of Romania during the Cold War, this corrupt man often refused to co-operate with Soviet policy, which gained him the friendship of the United States and many other Western powers. Many believe his wife was the real “power behind the throne”, especially in the later years. Who was this Communist leader?

   A. Nicolae Ceausescu
   B. Vaclav Havel
   C. Lech Walesa
   D. Andrei Gromyko

2. Idi Amin killed approximately 3000,000 people during his reign and stole millions of dollars from his country and others. He expelled all non-African residents from his country and threated British citizens who lived there. What African nation did the “butcher of Africa” rule?

   A. Uganda
   B. Libya
   C. Somalia
   D. Zaire

3. This “butcher of the Balkans” murdered over 200,000 people and forced millions out of his country. Bill Clinton authorized the CIA to commence the toppling of his regime, which succeeded to an extent. Who is this Serbian criminal whose policy of ethnic cleansing resulted in mass murder?

   A. Alija lzetbegovic
   B. Zoran Lilic
   C. Vojislav Kostunica
   D. Slobodan Milosevic

4. Josef Stalin, although allied with the Allied Powers during World War ll, perhaps killed and tortured more of his own people than anyone, at any time. His paranoia led to purges throughout society and his own administration. Any who were thought to have disobeyed his will were tortured and murdered. Approximately, how many people was Stalin thought to have murdered?

   A. 20,000,000
   B. 3,000,000
   C. 700,000
   D. 185,000

5. What twentieth century leader made the following statement about another world leader. I go the impression that here was a man who could be relied upon when he had given his world’?

   A. Franklin Roosevelt
   B. Ronald Reagan
   C. Bill Clinton
   D. Nevile Chamberlain

6. The ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is the result of

   A. nineteenth Century European imperialism
   B. twentieth Century decolonization
   C. evolving international understandings of statehood and nationalism
   D. All of these

7. Adolf Hitler was responsible for sixty million deaths worldwide as a result of World War ll and his own killings. “Der Fuhrer” murdered millions of innocent Jews in the Holocaust – and millions of others, too. In an encounter towards the end of WWI, Hitler was supposedly at the mercy of which British soldier, who let him go?

   A. Henry Tandey
   B. Richard Milton
   C. Thomas Seems
   D. Derrick Newton

8. In early September 2010 first peace talks since Gaza war in 2009 were held between Israeli prime-minister Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in:

   A. New York
   B. Washington DC
   C. Oslo
   D. None of these

9. The United States did not enter the Great War until 1917. However on April 21st 1914, America seized the Mexican town of Vera Cruz. Which US president ordered this?

   A. William J. Bryan
   B. Woodrow Wilson
   C. General Pershing
   D. Theodore Roosevelt

10. The election of this Chancellor on September 27, 1998 signaled a changing of the guard, for he became the first postwar German leader who was too young to remember World War II.

    A. Edmund Stoiber
    B. Helmut Kohi
    C. Gerhrd Schroeder
    D. Horst Kohler