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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. The enforcement mechanisms spelled out in the convention are more explicit about _____________ than _________ of genocide.
(a) Definition; prevention.
(b) Punishment; prevention.
(c) Exemptions from; punishment.
(d) Prevention; punishment.

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

4. By 1976, nearly ___________ Cambodians are dead.
(a) 500,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 250,000.
(d) 1,000,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Polish diplomat and Roman Catholic who infiltrates first the Warsaw ghetto and later a death camp in order to report on Jewish suffering?

2. Which substance is not used by Iraqi forces in the attack on Halabja?

3. Whom does Iraq's president appoint as secretary-general of the Northern Bureau?

4. When the Iraqi government orders Kurds to move into collective centers, any Kurd who remains in a prohibited area is:

5. Who coins the word "genocide" to describe the atrocities in Nazi Germany and in Turkey?

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