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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Proxmire make his case for ratification of the genocide treaty?
(a) He gives a daily speech on genocide on the Senate floor.
(b) He travels the world and made documentaries exposing acts of genocide.
(c) He hosts a daily national talk show about genocide.
(d) He calls for a vote on the treaty every day on the Senate floor.

2. Who coins the word "genocide" to describe the atrocities in Nazi Germany and in Turkey?
(a) Karski.
(b) Zygielbojm.
(c) Roosevelt.
(d) Lemkin.

3. 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?
(a) If Gorazde was attacked.
(b) If Zepa was attacked.
(c) If UN troops were attacked.
(d) If Macedonia was attacked.

4. What is the name of the Bosnian Serb commander who directs the Srbrenica genocide?
(a) Ratko Milosevic.
(b) Slobodan Milosevic.
(c) Slobodan Mladic.
(d) Ratko Mladic.

5. Which government in the civil war that ended with the Khmer Rouge's coup does the United States back because they see its leader as more pro-American?
(a) Nol Rouge.
(b) Khmer Rouge.
(c) Viet Cong.
(d) Lon Nol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the leader of the Khmer Rouge?

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

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

4. On what date is the law banning genocide passed?

5. Which country tries unsuccessfully to charge Turkish leaders with criminal behavior in the aftermath of the Armenian genocide?

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