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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ratification of the genocide treaty makes the U.S. ________ in its reactions to genocide.
(a) More cautious.
(b) Overly aggressive.
(c) More aggressive.
(d) Less cautious.

2. Lemkin realizes that for a genocide convention to be passed and ratified, he needs to appeal to the _____________ of the delegates.
(a) Intellect and emotions.
(b) Domestic political interests.
(c) Foreign political interests.
(d) Pocketbooks.

3. When the safe area of Zepa is in danger from the Serbs, the Allies state they would only react with air power under what circumstance?
(a) If Gorazde was attacked.
(b) If Macedonia was attacked.
(c) If Zepa was attacked.
(d) If UN troops were attacked.

4. From 1983 to 1988, the United States gives Iraq more than ____________ per year in credit so that Iraq could purchase American products.
(a) $50 million.
(b) $500 million.
(c) $5 million.
(d) $1 billion.

5. The town of Halabja becomes known as the Kurdish ____________.
(a) Nagasaki.
(b) Hiroshima.
(c) My Lai.
(d) Auschwitz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lemkin flee to Lithuania and then Sweden in 1939?

2. Which ethnic group is responsible for the aggression against minorities after Yugoslavia's collapse?

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

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

5. After Lemkin's death, William Proxmire, a senator from ________________, takes up the movement to have the genocide convention ratified in the U.S.

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