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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Armenians who are not killed are deported by force to camps in what country?
(a) Syria.
(b) Siberia.
(c) Lebanon.
(d) Iraq.
2. Which of the following issues are not among those that the United States feared would be used against them under the genocide treaty?
(a) Women's rights.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Native American relocation.
(d) Jim Crow.
3. What nonbinding measure is suggested as a replacement of the UN genocide treaty, angering Lemkin?
(a) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(b) The Declaration of Independence.
(c) The Civil Rights Act.
(d) The Geneva Convention.
4. How does Proxmire make his case for ratification of the genocide treaty?
(a) He calls for a vote on the treaty every day on the Senate floor.
(b) He hosts a daily national talk show about genocide.
(c) He gives a daily speech on genocide on the Senate floor.
(d) He travels the world and made documentaries exposing acts of genocide.
5. America officially ________, and Turkey officially _____________, the Armenian genocide. This stance is true with both countries to this day.
(a) Ignores, denies.
(b) Acknowledges, denies.
(c) Denies, denies.
(d) Ignores, acknowledges.
Short Answer Questions
1. The officials of what country prevent Lemkin from traveling to Madrid to present his paper on the rise of Hitler and the Armenian genocide?
2. Henry Morgenthau, a U.S. ambassador, contests America's lack of action in opposing the Armenian genocide. To which country is Morgenthau assigned?
3. What American institution presents some discussion on actions that the U.S. could have taken to help Jews?
4. Some who are opposed to the United States' ratification of the genocide treaty think it would be used to target the United States for its treatment of __________________.
5. The genocide convention needs to be ratified domestically by _______ of the UN's member states in order to become international law.
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