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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From 1983 to 1988, the United States gives Iraq more than ____________ per year in credit so that Iraq could purchase American products.
(a) $5 million.
(b) $50 million.
(c) $1 billion.
(d) $500 million.

2. America officially ________, and Turkey officially _____________, the Armenian genocide. This stance is true with both countries to this day.
(a) Acknowledges, denies.
(b) Ignores, acknowledges.
(c) Ignores, denies.
(d) Denies, denies.

3. Which concentration center does British Independent Television gain footage of?
(a) Sarajevo.
(b) Helsinki.
(c) Srbrenica.
(d) Trnopolje.

4. The term "class enemy" that is used by the Khmer Rouge often translated into which group of people?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Intellectuals.
(c) Clergy.
(d) Teachers.

5. Which of the following issues are not among those that the United States feared would be used against them under the genocide treaty?
(a) Jim Crow.
(b) Native American relocation.
(c) Women's rights.
(d) Slavery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The genocide convention needs to be ratified domestically by _______ of the UN's member states in order to become international law.

3. One year after the U.S. ratifies the genocide convention, who is the president of Iraq?

4. After Lemkin's death, William Proxmire, a senator from ________________, takes up the movement to have the genocide convention ratified in the U.S.

5. What group of people does Lemkin crusade on behalf of?

(see the answer key)

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