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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the resolution is discussed, some delegates advocate the use of ____________ instead of "genocide."
(a) Racism.
(b) Persecution.
(c) Extermination.
(d) Terrorism.

2. How many chemical attacks take place against the Kurds throughout Iraq?
(a) Under twenty.
(b) More than fifty.
(c) At least forty.
(d) Over one hundred.

3. By 1976, nearly ___________ Cambodians are dead.
(a) 50,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 1,000,000.
(d) 500,000.

4. The Allies set up an international military tribunal in ________________ to prosecute Nazi war criminals.
(a) Copenhagen.
(b) New York.
(c) Nuremberg.
(d) Paris.

5. In October 1945, the Nuremberg indictments all mention ______________ in an international legal setting, although it is not be mentioned in the convictions.
(a) War crimes.
(b) Warmongering.
(c) Terrorism.
(d) Genocide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lemkin had long been fascinated by ____________.

2. The town of Halabja becomes known as the Kurdish ____________.

3. Lemkin realizes that for a genocide convention to be passed and ratified, he needs to appeal to the _____________ of the delegates.

4. When the United States sets up the Committee on Armenian Atrocities, what does the group not call for on behalf of the Armenians?

5. America officially ________, and Turkey officially _____________, the Armenian genocide. This stance is true with both countries to this day.

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