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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ratification of the genocide treaty makes the U.S. ________ in its reactions to genocide.
(a) More cautious.
(b) Overly aggressive.
(c) More aggressive.
(d) Less cautious.

2. This country frequently cuts down U.S. criticisms of other countries by saying "a country that had not even contracted to the genocide convention had no right to lecture the Soviet Union on human rights."
(a) Great Britain.
(b) Germany.
(c) The Soviet Union.
(d) Vietnam.

3. Who coins the word "genocide" to describe the atrocities in Nazi Germany and in Turkey?
(a) Zygielbojm.
(b) Karski.
(c) Lemkin.
(d) Roosevelt.

4. What is the reaction of many countries to refugees that they knew would be killed if forced to return to Germany?
(a) They refuse them entry.
(b) They report them to the Nazis.
(c) They grant them asylum.
(d) They put them in refugee camps.

5. Key to the definition of genocide is that it is an attempt to wipe out an entire:
(a) Ethnicity.
(b) Group.
(c) Religion.
(d) Race.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Bosnian Serb commander who directs the Srbrenica genocide?

2. The Allies have ____________ intelligence on Hitler's extermination of European Jews.

3. What is the purpose of President Reagan's trip to Germany, which includes a visit to Germany's Bitburg Cemetery?

4. What happens on February 11, 1986?

5. As information about Hitler's extermination of the Jews becomes more widespread, what is the reaction of the majority of people?

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