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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One year after the U.S. ratifies the genocide convention, who is the president of Iraq?
(a) Reza Pahlavi.
(b) Saddam Hussein.
(c) Ali Hassan al-Majid.
(d) Hamid Karzai.

2. What proportion of United Nations member states must ratify a measure before it becomes international law?
(a) One-third.
(b) Three-quarters.
(c) Two-thirds.
(d) Three-fifths.

3. The Allies set up an international military tribunal in ________________ to prosecute Nazi war criminals.
(a) Nuremberg.
(b) Copenhagen.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York.

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

5. Western journalists, including _______________, still in the country describe Khmer Rouge brutality and report accounts from refugees.
(a) Samantha Moore.
(b) Peter Jennings.
(c) Elizabeth Becker.
(d) Walter Cronkite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Key to the definition of genocide is that it is an attempt to wipe out an entire:

2. Which government in the civil war that ended with the Khmer Rouge's coup does the United States back because they see its leader as more pro-American?

3. What governmental position does Mehmed Talaat, who conducts the genocide, hold?

4. What term does the Allied condemnation apply to Turkey's persecution of the Armenians?

5. Armenians who are not killed are deported by force to camps in what country?

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