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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which humanitarian crisis does the U.S. government focus in an attempt to deflect attention and public pressure away from Bosnia?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Somalia.
(d) Romania.

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

3. On what date does the final country required for ratification ratify the genocide treaty?
(a) November 7, 1950.
(b) December 11, 1946.
(c) October 16, 1950.
(d) December 9, 1948.

4. Lemkin had long been fascinated by ____________.
(a) Atrocity.
(b) Islam.
(c) Insurrection.
(d) Judaism.

5. What is the reaction of many countries to refugees that they knew would be killed if forced to return to Germany?
(a) They refuse them entry.
(b) They put them in refugee camps.
(c) They report them to the Nazis.
(d) They grant them asylum.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city is Szmul Zygielbojm, the man who releases a report prepared by an underground Jewish society in Poland that detailed the tactics Nazis were using to kill the Jews, located?

2. Which substance is not used by Iraqi forces in the attack on Halabja?

3. After his visit to Germany that includes a tour of a Nazi concentration camp, what does Reagan decide to push for?

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

5. The Bosnian Serbs' actions against non-Serbs are euphemistically referred to as:

(see the answer key)

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