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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the Iraqi government orders Kurds to move into collective centers, any Kurd who remains in a prohibited area is:
(a) Considered a traitor and executed.
(b) Considered a traitor and tortured.
(c) Forcibly relocated.
(d) Tortured, then executed.

3. What is the reaction of many countries to refugees that they knew would be killed if forced to return to Germany?
(a) They refuse them entry.
(b) They put them in refugee camps.
(c) They grant them asylum.
(d) They report them to the Nazis.

4. Lemkin realizes that for a genocide convention to be passed and ratified, he needs to appeal to the _____________ of the delegates.
(a) Domestic political interests.
(b) Foreign political interests.
(c) Intellect and emotions.
(d) Pocketbooks.

5. Kurdish refugees begin pouring into ____________ and pouring out stories of their suffering to anyone who would listen.
(a) Yugoslavia.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Iran.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does the Khmer Rouge seize in 1975 after a five-year civil war and defeat of the incumbent, American-backed government?

2. The Khmer Rouge evacuates all __________ before commencing their genocide.

3. In October 1945, the Nuremberg indictments all mention ______________ in an international legal setting, although it is not be mentioned in the convictions.

4. President Carter makes the first public condemnation of the Khmer Rouge in ____1978.

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

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