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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which U.S. government official does Lemkin try to approach regarding Hitler?
(a) President Roosevelt.
(b) Secretary of War Henry Stimson
(c) Vice-President Truman.
(d) Secretary of State Cordell Hull

2. There has been __________ public recognition of the Allies' inaction with regard to the Holocaust.
(a) Some.
(b) Very little.
(c) A great deal of.
(d) No.

3. What is the name of the person who assassinates Talaat in 1921?
(a) Soghomon Tehlirian.
(b) Solomon Talirian.
(c) Solomon Tehlirian.
(d) Soghomon Talirian.

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

5. In America, according to Power, the struggle to stop genocide is often determined by:
(a) Domestic politics.
(b) Lobbyists.
(c) International politics.
(d) Special interests and civil rights groups.

6. Henry Morgenthau, a U.S. ambassador, contests America's lack of action in opposing the Armenian genocide. To which country is Morgenthau assigned?
(a) France.
(b) The Ottoman Empire (Turkey).
(c) Armenia.
(d) Britain.

7. Lemkin notes earlier in the century that _________ and genocide are almost always connected.
(a) Famine.
(b) War.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Natural disaster.

8. Which of the following issues are not among those that the United States feared would be used against them under the genocide treaty?
(a) Jim Crow.
(b) Native American relocation.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Women's rights.

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

10. What is Raphael Lemkin's profession?
(a) Politician.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Lawyer.

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

12. As of the time the genocide treaty became international law, what country had not yet ratified it?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Australia.
(c) The United States.
(d) Bulgaria.

13. Turkey claims its actions are necessary to suppress _______________.
(a) A disease outbreak among the Armenians.
(b) Armenian birth rates.
(c) Armenian revolt.
(d) Armenian attempts to convert Turkey's Muslims to Christianity.

14. People have often argued that the United States don't know what is happening in countries where ___________ is occurring.
(a) Civil war.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Genocide.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. President Carter makes the first public condemnation of the Khmer Rouge in ____1978.

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

3. Key to the definition of genocide is that it is an attempt to wipe out an entire:

4. The genocide convention needs to be ratified domestically by _______ of the UN's member states in order to become international law.

5. By 1976, nearly ___________ Cambodians are dead.

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