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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Bosnian Serbs' actions against non-Serbs are euphemistically referred to as:
(a) Ethnic purification.
(b) Ethnic re-alignment.
(c) Ethnic cleansing.
(d) Ethnic unification.

2. What do Western diplomats suggest that Bosnia offer to its minorities?
(a) Human rights protections.
(b) Assistance seeking asylum in other countries.
(c) Autonomy.
(d) Protection from genocide.

3. In 1948, Lemkin flies to _____________ to lobby the subcommittee that was preparing the actual text of the convention.
(a) Zurich.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Geneva.

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

5. On what date does the final country required for ratification ratify the genocide treaty?
(a) December 11, 1946.
(b) October 16, 1950.
(c) November 7, 1950.
(d) December 9, 1948.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lemkin notes earlier in the century that _________ and genocide are almost always connected.

2. Lemkin had read many of the histories detailing what crime?

3. Senator Bob Dole introduces a bill in the U.S. Senate that calls for what measure to be taken in order to help the Muslims in the Balkans?

4. In 1990, after the U.S. Senate cuts off Iraq's financial assistance and credit line, what happened?

5. Which country tries unsuccessfully to charge Turkish leaders with criminal behavior in the aftermath of the Armenian genocide?

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