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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Before Pol Pot dies in 1998, whom does he claim the deaths in Cambodia are the responsibility of?
(a) The Americans.
(b) The Vietnamese.
(c) The Burmese.
(d) The Laotians.

3. What group of people does Lemkin crusade on behalf of?
(a) Romanian Gypsies.
(b) Armenians.
(c) European Jews.
(d) French Basques.

4. In 100 days, some ___________ Tutsi, as well as the Hutu politicians, are murdered.
(a) 8,000,000.
(b) 8,000.
(c) 80,000.
(d) 800,000.

5. The Serbians separate the men and boys in Srbrenica from the women and girls. What happens to the women and girls?
(a) They are deported.
(b) They are killed.
(c) They are left alone.
(d) They are raped.

Short Answer Questions

1. On which humanitarian crisis does the U.S. government focus in an attempt to deflect attention and public pressure away from Bosnia?

2. Which concentration camp does Reagan visit during his trip to Germany in response to people's complaints about his laying a wreath at a cemetery that includes the graves of nearly 50 Nazi SS officials?

3. What American institution presents some discussion on actions that the U.S. could have taken to help Jews?

4. Power argues that the United States _________ act when genocide occurs.

5. How many chemical attacks take place against the Kurds throughout Iraq?

(see the answer key)

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