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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some who are opposed to the United States' ratification of the genocide treaty think it is too broad and therefore can't be used to target what country?
(a) The Soviet Union.
(b) North Korea.
(c) Iraq.
(d) China.

2. Turkey claims its actions are necessary to suppress _______________.
(a) Armenian revolt.
(b) Armenian birth rates.
(c) A disease outbreak among the Armenians.
(d) Armenian attempts to convert Turkey's Muslims to Christianity.

3. The Khmer Rouge, in conducting their genocide, eliminates anyone deemed a(n) __________or a(n) _________.
(a) Traitor; intellectual.
(b) Enemy; traitor.
(c) Invalid; intellectual.
(d) Intellectual; enemy.

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

5. In 1948, Lemkin flies to _____________ to lobby the subcommittee that was preparing the actual text of the convention.
(a) Zurich.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Geneva.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Out of an overall population of 18 million Iraqis, how many are "problematic" (according to the government) Kurds?

2. In what country is Power a journalist during the genocide that takes place in the former Yugoslavia?

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

4. What is the reaction of many countries to refugees that they knew would be killed if forced to return to Germany?

5. Which senator begins denouncing Yugoslavia's human rights issues in the 1980s?

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