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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On what date is the law banning genocide passed?
(a) Not applicable; it was defeated on December 9, 1948.
(b) December 9, 1948.
(c) December 21, 1950.
(d) December 8, 1949.

3. In what year does the Armenian genocide, which kills nearly 1 million people, take place?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1916.

4. What group of people does Lemkin crusade on behalf of?
(a) Armenians.
(b) Romanian Gypsies.
(c) European Jews.
(d) French Basques.

5. What Power sees in the former Yugoslavia causes her to examine other _______-century genocides.
(a) Eighteenth.
(b) Nineteenth.
(c) Twentieth.
(d) Seventeenth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country does the Khmer Rouge conduct its genocidal campaign?

2. What issue plagues the genocide convention?

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

4. The Allies set up an international military tribunal in ________________ to prosecute Nazi war criminals.

5. Some European countries take exception to the _____________ within the U.S.'s ratification resolution.

(see the answer key)

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