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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Allies have ____________ intelligence on Hitler's extermination of European Jews.
(a) Zero.
(b) A great deal of.
(c) Very little.
(d) Some.

2. As of the time the genocide treaty became international law, what country had not yet ratified it?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Australia.
(c) The United States.
(d) Bulgaria.

3. 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 __________________.
(a) Native Americans.
(b) Native Americans and African Americans.
(c) Native Americans and Japanese Americans.
(d) African Americans and Japanese Americans.

4. The genocide convention needs to be ratified domestically by _______ of the UN's member states in order to become international law.
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Ten.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following issues are not among those that the United States feared would be used against them under the genocide treaty?

2. Upon what group does Lemkin take out his frustration over the United States' slowness to ratify the genocide treaty?

3. On what date does the final country required for ratification ratify the genocide treaty?

4. What is the name of the book that Lemkin publishes in his attempt to help people believe the claims?

5. As information about Hitler's extermination of the Jews becomes more widespread, what is the reaction of the majority of people?

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