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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1990, after the U.S. Senate cuts off Iraq's financial assistance and credit line, what happened?
(a) Saddam Hussein was overthrown by his military.
(b) Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. Marines.
(c) Iraq invaded Iran.
(d) Iraq invaded Kuwait.

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

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) Warmongering.
(c) War crimes.
(d) Terrorism.

4. President Carter makes the first public condemnation of the Khmer Rouge in ____1978.
(a) September.
(b) January.
(c) April.
(d) August.

5. Who coins the word "genocide" to describe the atrocities in Nazi Germany and in Turkey?
(a) Karski.
(b) Roosevelt.
(c) Zygielbojm.
(d) Lemkin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens on Dec. 11, 1946?

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

5. Kurdish refugees begin pouring into ____________ and pouring out stories of their suffering to anyone who would listen.

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