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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As of the time the genocide treaty became international law, what country had not yet ratified it?
(a) Bulgaria.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) The United States.
(d) Australia.

2. On what date does Raphael Lemkin die?
(a) August 29, 1958.
(b) April 1, 1984.
(c) April 28, 1950.
(d) August 28, 1959.

3. What nonbinding measure is suggested as a replacement of the UN genocide treaty, angering Lemkin?
(a) The Civil Rights Act.
(b) The Geneva Convention.
(c) The Declaration of Independence.
(d) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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

5. Lemkin believes that both the ___________ and _________ existence of groups needs to be preserved.
(a) Physical; cultural.
(b) Financial; physical.
(c) National; cultural.
(d) Cultural; psychological.

6. What term does the Allied condemnation apply to Turkey's persecution of the Armenians?
(a) Ethnic cleansing.
(b) Crimes against humanity.
(c) Genocide.
(d) Racism.

7. What governmental position does Mehmed Talaat, who conducts the genocide, hold?
(a) Prime minister.
(b) Crown prince.
(c) Minister of public safety.
(d) Interior minister.

8. In what city is Szmul Zygielbojm, the man who releases a report prepared by an underground Jewish society in Poland that detailed the tactics Nazis were using to kill the Jews, located?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) Berlin.
(d) London.

9. Talaat conducts the Armenian genocide because he feels there is no room for __________ in Turkey.
(a) Christians.
(b) Minorities.
(c) Armenians.
(d) Muslims.

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

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

12. Power witnesses the Serbs' takeover of:
(a) Split.
(b) Srbrenica.
(c) Sarajevo.
(d) Pristina.

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

14. After Lemkin's death, William Proxmire, a senator from ________________, takes up the movement to have the genocide convention ratified in the U.S.
(a) Michigan.
(b) Washington.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) Wisconsin

15. President Carter makes the first public condemnation of the Khmer Rouge in ____1978.
(a) January.
(b) September.
(c) April.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Historically, according to Power, the United States has been ____________ to recognize and act when genocide occurred.

3. The Khmer Rouge, in conducting their genocide, eliminates anyone deemed a(n) __________or a(n) _________.

4. In the preface, Power identifies which Serbian leader as the ringleader of the Bosnian genocide?

5. Turkey claims its actions are necessary to suppress _______________.

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