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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which substance is not used by Iraqi forces in the attack on Halabja?
(a) Mustard gas.
(b) Sarin.
(c) Tabun.
(d) Ricin.

3. Key to the definition of genocide is that it is an attempt to wipe out an entire:
(a) Ethnicity.
(b) Group.
(c) Race.
(d) Religion.

4. How do most of the Kurds killed by the Iraqis die?
(a) Biological attacks.
(b) Mass executions.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Gas attacks.

5. Western journalists, including _______________, still in the country describe Khmer Rouge brutality and report accounts from refugees.
(a) Walter Cronkite.
(b) Peter Jennings.
(c) Samantha Moore.
(d) Elizabeth Becker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Talaat conducts the Armenian genocide because he feels there is no room for __________ in Turkey.

2. The Allies set up an international military tribunal in ________________ to prosecute Nazi war criminals.

3. The Khmer Rouge, in conducting their genocide, eliminates anyone deemed a(n) __________or a(n) _________.

4. There has been __________ public recognition of the Allies' inaction with regard to the Holocaust.

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

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