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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the resolution is discussed, some delegates advocate the use of ____________ instead of "genocide."
(a) Extermination.
(b) Racism.
(c) Terrorism.
(d) Persecution.

2. There has been __________ public recognition of the Allies' inaction with regard to the Holocaust.
(a) No.
(b) Some.
(c) A great deal of.
(d) Very little.

3. Which country tries unsuccessfully to charge Turkish leaders with criminal behavior in the aftermath of the Armenian genocide?
(a) Britain.
(b) Russia.
(c) United States.
(d) France.

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

5. Armenians who are not killed are deported by force to camps in what country?
(a) Syria.
(b) Lebanon.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Siberia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lemkin realizes that for a genocide convention to be passed and ratified, he needs to appeal to the _____________ of the delegates.

2. The term "class enemy" that is used by the Khmer Rouge often translated into which group of people?

3. The officials of what country prevent Lemkin from traveling to Madrid to present his paper on the rise of Hitler and the Armenian genocide?

4. What is the name of the leader of the Khmer Rouge?

5. The enforcement mechanisms spelled out in the convention are more explicit about _____________ than _________ of genocide.

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