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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What nonbinding measure is suggested as a replacement of the UN genocide treaty, angering Lemkin?
(a) The Declaration of Independence.
(b) The Geneva Convention.
(c) The Civil Rights Act.
(d) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

3. Which country tries unsuccessfully to charge Turkish leaders with criminal behavior in the aftermath of the Armenian genocide?
(a) Britain.
(b) France.
(c) United States.
(d) Russia.

4. Lemkin realizes that for a genocide convention to be passed and ratified, he needs to appeal to the _____________ of the delegates.
(a) Foreign political interests.
(b) Pocketbooks.
(c) Intellect and emotions.
(d) Domestic political interests.

5. What is the name of the leader of the Khmer Rouge?
(a) Bao Dai.
(b) Pol Pot,
(c) Idi Amin.
(d) Hun Sen.

6. When the United States sets up the Committee on Armenian Atrocities, what does the group not call for on behalf of the Armenians?
(a) Public awareness.
(b) Diplomatic intervention.
(c) Financial relief.
(d) Military intervention.

7. In what country does the Khmer Rouge conduct its genocidal campaign?
(a) Laos.
(b) Cambodia.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Burma.

8. For what event is Lemkin invited to Spain to read his paper?
(a) International humanitarian conference.
(b) International political conference.
(c) International genocide conference.
(d) International law conference.

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

10. What Power sees in the former Yugoslavia causes her to examine other _______-century genocides.
(a) Seventeenth.
(b) Twentieth.
(c) Nineteenth.
(d) Eighteenth.

11. The nationalists who kill the young Sarajevan of whom Power spoke are of what ethnicity?
(a) Croat.
(b) Albanian.
(c) Bosnian.
(d) Serb.

12. Lemkin had read many of the histories detailing what crime?
(a) Mass slaughter.
(b) Treason.
(c) Mass suicide.
(d) Rape.

13. What governmental position does Mehmed Talaat, who conducts the genocide, hold?
(a) Interior minister.
(b) Minister of public safety.
(c) Prime minister.
(d) Crown prince.

14. The enforcement mechanisms spelled out in the convention are more explicit about _____________ than _________ of genocide.
(a) Exemptions from; punishment.
(b) Prevention; punishment.
(c) Definition; prevention.
(d) Punishment; prevention.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date does the final country required for ratification ratify the genocide treaty?

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

3. In October 1945, the Nuremberg indictments all mention ______________ in an international legal setting, although it is not be mentioned in the convictions.

4. What is the name of the person who assassinates Talaat in 1921?

5. What city does the Khmer Rouge seize in 1975 after a five-year civil war and defeat of the incumbent, American-backed government?

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