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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lemkin decides to lobby to what international body to adopt a resolution on genocide?
(a) The League of Nations.
(b) The National Atlantic Treaty Organization.
(c) The Allies' international military tribunal.
(d) The UN General Assembly.

2. In what city is Szmul Zygielbojm, the man who releases a report prepared by an underground Jewish society in Poland that detailed the tactics Nazis were using to kill the Jews, located?
(a) London.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Amsterdam.

3. In October 1945, the Nuremberg indictments all mention ______________ in an international legal setting, although it is not be mentioned in the convictions.
(a) Genocide.
(b) War crimes.
(c) Warmongering.
(d) Terrorism.

4. What proportion of United Nations member states must ratify a measure before it becomes international law?
(a) Three-quarters.
(b) Two-thirds.
(c) Three-fifths.
(d) One-third.

5. As the resolution is discussed, some delegates advocate the use of ____________ instead of "genocide."
(a) Racism.
(b) Extermination.
(c) Persecution.
(d) Terrorism.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date is the law banning genocide passed?

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

3. Armenians who are not killed are deported by force to camps in what country?

4. In 1990, after the U.S. Senate cuts off Iraq's financial assistance and credit line, what happened?

5. Western journalists, including _______________, still in the country describe Khmer Rouge brutality and report accounts from refugees.

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