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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does the Armenian genocide, which kills nearly 1 million people, take place?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1915.

2. The genocide convention receives U.S. support at the UN and many are ____________ its domestic ratification.
(a) Opposed to.
(b) Undecided about.
(c) In support of.
(d) Active advocates for.

3. What ethnicity is Raphael Lemkin?
(a) Russian Jew.
(b) German Catholic.
(c) Armenian.
(d) Polish Jew.

4. Lemkin believes that both the ___________ and _________ existence of groups needs to be preserved.
(a) Cultural; psychological.
(b) National; cultural.
(c) Financial; physical.
(d) Physical; cultural.

5. The United States has done ______________ in actual situations of crimes against humanity.
(a) A great deal.
(b) More than its fair share.
(c) Little.
(d) Nothing.

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) Military intervention.
(b) Diplomatic intervention.
(c) Financial relief.
(d) Public awareness.

7. The genocide convention needs to be ratified domestically by _______ of the UN's member states in order to become international law.
(a) Forty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twenty-five.

8. By 1976, nearly ___________ Cambodians are dead.
(a) 500,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 1,000,000.
(d) 50,000.

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

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

11. On what date does the final country required for ratification ratify the genocide treaty?
(a) December 11, 1946.
(b) October 16, 1950.
(c) December 9, 1948.
(d) November 7, 1950.

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

13. After Lemkin's death, William Proxmire, a senator from ________________, takes up the movement to have the genocide convention ratified in the U.S.
(a) Michigan.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) Wisconsin
(d) Washington.

14. The term "class enemy" that is used by the Khmer Rouge often translated into which group of people?
(a) Intellectuals.
(b) Clergy.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Politicians.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country is Power a journalist during the genocide that takes place in the former Yugoslavia?

2. Henry Morgenthau, a U.S. ambassador, contests America's lack of action in opposing the Armenian genocide. To which country is Morgenthau assigned?

3. There has been __________ public recognition of the Allies' inaction with regard to the Holocaust.

4. Power witnesses the Serbs' takeover of:

5. The nationalists who kill the young Sarajevan of whom Power spoke are of what ethnicity?

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