The Rwandan Civil War of 1994 was: A an inter-community violence B a farmer-herder conflict C an inter-ethnic conflict D an anti-colonial struggle.

Here are the answers to the multiple-choice questions:

34. The natural factors that have been at the origin of refugee problems in Africa are:

• A prolonged droughts, floods and famine.

35. The Rwandan Civil War of 1994 was:

• C an inter-ethnic conflict

36. An important legislation passed after the 1688 English Revolution that guaranteed the supremacy of Parliament over the Crown was:

• A the Bill of Rights of 1689.

37. The absolutism of King George III attained its climax when:

• A he outrightly rejected the Olive Branch Petition from the Colonists.

38. A significant setback to the objectives of the Congress Powers at Verona was:

• B the declaration of the Monroe Doctrine by America.

39. The system of Alliances put in place by Bismarck was aimed principally at:

• A preserving the peace of Europe.

40. The outbreak of war in Europe in 1914 and its subsequent transformation into a global war was mainly due to:

• B the existence of the Alliance System.

41. An important principle applied at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 was:

• A the principle of self-determination.

42. The successes of the League of Nations in the 1920s could be attributed to all the following EXCEPT:

• A the lack of confidence in the association by most European Nations.

43. An important event in the 1930s that symbolised the final collapse of the League of Nations was:

• C the outbreak of the Second World War.

44. An adverse political effect of the Second World War was:

• C the escalation of the East-West tension.

45. The first official recognition of the existence of the Cold War was in:

• A the Iron Curtain Speech of Winston Churchill.

46. Korea became a Cold War theatre in the early 1950s mainly because:

• D the USA wanted to contain the spread of Communism.