View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bad news does Zygielbojm receive in 1943?
(a) His wife and child had died in the Warsaw ghetto.
(b) His wife and child had died at Auschwitz.
(c) He was to be deported to Treblinka.
(d) His wife had died in the Krakow ghetto.

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?
(a) Khmer Rouge.
(b) Lon Nol.
(c) Nol Rouge.
(d) Viet Cong.

3. What happens on Dec. 11, 1946?
(a) The General Assembly defeates a resolution condemning genocide
(b) The last concentration camp is liberated.
(c) The General Assembly passes a resolution condemning genocide.
(d) World War II ends.

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

5. How many chemical attacks take place against the Kurds throughout Iraq?
(a) Under twenty.
(b) At least forty.
(c) More than fifty.
(d) Over one hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. Out of an overall population of 18 million Iraqis, how many are "problematic" (according to the government) Kurds?

2. The Allies have ____________ intelligence on Hitler's extermination of European Jews.

3. Out of a population of 7 million souls, approximately how many people does the Khmer Rouge kill in its three-and-a-half-year rule?

4. In what country does the Khmer Rouge conduct its genocidal campaign?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 246 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample