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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. As information about Hitler's extermination of the Jews becomes more widespread, what is the reaction of the majority of people?
(a) They start massive relief efforts.
(b) They rush to recruiting offices to help fight against the Nazis.
(c) They don't care.
(d) They can't believe what they are hearing and seeing.

4. Ultimately, Lemkin's fight is for an international law on ________________.
(a) Financial standards.
(b) Genocide.
(c) War crimes.
(d) Legal standards.

5. Lemkin had read many of the histories detailing what crime?
(a) Mass slaughter.
(b) Rape.
(c) Treason.
(d) Mass suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Allies have ____________ intelligence on Hitler's extermination of European Jews.

2. What Power sees in the former Yugoslavia causes her to examine other _______-century genocides.

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

4. Lemkin believes that both the ___________ and _________ existence of groups needs to be preserved.

5. People have often argued that the United States don't know what is happening in countries where ___________ is occurring.

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