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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Serbian forces executed over 7,000 Muslims in a _____________.
(a) Pig farm.
(b) Football stadium.
(c) Mosque.
(d) Elementary school.

5. On what date does the Allied government condemn Turkey's action against the Armenians?
(a) May 19, 1915.
(b) May 15, 1919.
(c) May 24, 1915.
(d) May 15, 1924.

6. As information about Hitler's extermination of the Jews becomes more widespread, what is the reaction of the majority of people?
(a) They start massive relief efforts.
(b) They don't care.
(c) They rush to recruiting offices to help fight against the Nazis.
(d) They can't believe what they are hearing and seeing.

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

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

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

10. What is the reaction of many countries to refugees that they knew would be killed if forced to return to Germany?
(a) They report them to the Nazis.
(b) They refuse them entry.
(c) They put them in refugee camps.
(d) They grant them asylum.

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

12. Lemkin decides to lobby to what international body to adopt a resolution on genocide?
(a) The League of Nations.
(b) The Allies' international military tribunal.
(c) The National Atlantic Treaty Organization.
(d) The UN General Assembly.

13. In the Preface, Power describes a _____-year-old Sarajevan who was killed in a bombing.
(a) Two.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Six.
(d) Nine.

14. What term does the Allied condemnation apply to Turkey's persecution of the Armenians?
(a) Crimes against humanity.
(b) Genocide.
(c) Ethnic cleansing.
(d) Racism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lemkin realizes that for a genocide convention to be passed and ratified, he needs to appeal to the _____________ of the delegates.

2. The term "class enemy" that is used by the Khmer Rouge often translated into which group of people?

3. What is the name of the Polish diplomat and Roman Catholic who infiltrates first the Warsaw ghetto and later a death camp in order to report on Jewish suffering?

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

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?

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