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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Lemkin flee to Lithuania and then Sweden in 1939?
(a) Hitler invades Poland.
(b) Turkey puts a bounty on his head.
(c) The Polish government wants to arrest him.
(d) France is seeking his extradition.

3. The term "class enemy" that is used by the Khmer Rouge often translated into which group of people?
(a) Clergy.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Intellectuals.

4. On what date does the Allied government condemn Turkey's action against the Armenians?
(a) May 15, 1924.
(b) May 24, 1915.
(c) May 19, 1915.
(d) May 15, 1919.

5. What is the name of the UN official who releases a report on July 24, 1995, that says 7,000 Srbrenica residents have disappeared?
(a) Tadeusz Mazowiecki.
(b) Ban-Ki Moon.
(c) Lech Walesa.
(d) Vaclav Havel.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1976, nearly ___________ Cambodians are dead.

2. Under NATO plan 40-104, how many troops are the U.S. committed to deploying to help with the extraction of European forces?

3. Some who are opposed to the United States' ratification of the genocide treaty think it would be used to target the United States for its treatment of __________________.

4. Kurdish refugees begin pouring into ____________ and pouring out stories of their suffering to anyone who would listen.

5. The author focuses on which country's response to genocide?

(see the answer key)

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