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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lemkin notes earlier in the century that _________ and genocide are almost always connected.
(a) Famine.
(b) War.
(c) Natural disaster.
(d) Poverty.

2. Turkey claims its actions are necessary to suppress _______________.
(a) Armenian birth rates.
(b) Armenian attempts to convert Turkey's Muslims to Christianity.
(c) Armenian revolt.
(d) A disease outbreak among the Armenians.

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

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

5. Talaat conducts the Armenian genocide because he feels there is no room for __________ in Turkey.
(a) Minorities.
(b) Muslims.
(c) Christians.
(d) Armenians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry Morgenthau, a U.S. ambassador, contests America's lack of action in opposing the Armenian genocide. To which country is Morgenthau assigned?

2. As the resolution is discussed, some delegates advocate the use of ____________ instead of "genocide."

3. When the United States sets up the Committee on Armenian Atrocities, what does the group not call for on behalf of the Armenians?

4. How does Szmul Zygielbojm die?

5. Which country tries unsuccessfully to charge Turkish leaders with criminal behavior in the aftermath of the Armenian genocide?

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