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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do most of the Kurds killed by the Iraqis die?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Gas attacks.
(c) Biological attacks.
(d) Mass executions.

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

3. What proportion of United Nations member states must ratify a measure before it becomes international law?
(a) One-third.
(b) Two-thirds.
(c) Three-quarters.
(d) Three-fifths.

4. What happens on Dec. 11, 1946?
(a) World War II ends.
(b) The last concentration camp is liberated.
(c) The General Assembly passes a resolution condemning genocide.
(d) The General Assembly defeates a resolution condemning genocide

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Power feels that, when the dynamics on the ground warrant it, the United States should NOT engage in the following tactics to stop genocide:

2. When the safe area of Zepa is in danger from the Serbs, the Allies state they would only react with air power under what circumstance?

3. After the president's plane is shot down, Colonel Theoneste Bagosora and the Rwandan army take control of the country. What Rwandan tribe does Bagosora belong to?

4. How does Szmul Zygielbojm die?

5. The enforcement mechanisms spelled out in the convention are more explicit about _____________ than _________ of genocide.

(see the answer key)

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