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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) Ali Hassan al-Majid.
(b) Hamid Karzai.
(c) Reza Pahlavi.
(d) Saddam Hussein.

2. The Khmer Rouge evacuates all __________ before commencing their genocide.
(a) Laotians.
(b) Foreigners.
(c) Americans.
(d) Vietnamese.

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

4. America officially ________, and Turkey officially _____________, the Armenian genocide. This stance is true with both countries to this day.
(a) Denies, denies.
(b) Ignores, acknowledges.
(c) Acknowledges, denies.
(d) Ignores, denies.

5. Out of an overall population of 18 million Iraqis, how many are "problematic" (according to the government) Kurds?
(a) 8 million.
(b) 400,000.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 4 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term "class enemy" that is used by the Khmer Rouge often translated into which group of people?

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

3. What happens on Dec. 11, 1946?

4. In 1948, Lemkin flies to _____________ to lobby the subcommittee that was preparing the actual text of the convention.

5. Lemkin decides to lobby to what international body to adopt a resolution on genocide?

(see the answer key)

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