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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what group does Lemkin take out his frustration over the United States' slowness to ratify the genocide treaty?

2. The officials of what country prevent Lemkin from traveling to Madrid to present his paper on the rise of Hitler and the Armenian genocide?

3. Talaat conducts the Armenian genocide because he feels there is no room for __________ in Turkey.

4. The Khmer Rouge, in conducting their genocide, eliminates anyone deemed a(n) __________or a(n) _________.

5. Power witnesses the Serbs' takeover of:

Short Essay Questions

1. Immediately after World War II, how did books and films that addressed the war deal with the Holocaust?

2. Why was Raphael Lemkin worthy of an entire chapter of this book? What is his significance to this survey of genocide?

3. What was the definition of genocide that was adopted by the UN?

4. What intrigued Raphael Lemkin about the Armenian genocide?

5. What does Powers say motivates U.S. policymakers to keep the U.S. uninvolved in situations when genocide occurs?

6. Which senator from South Dakota believed that genocide was taking place in Cambodia and wanted the United States to contribute military forces to make it stop?

7. What did Lemkin do while interacting with officials and the public regarding the Holocaust that he thought would make them believe his, and others', claims about Hitler's atrocities against the Jews?

8. What does the author say is the first reason the United States has been slow to recognize and act when genocide has occurred?

9. In a cable to Washington, what term did Ambassador Henry Morgenthau use to condemn the actions of the Turkish government against the Armenians?

10. The Armenian genocide began when Turkey's interior minister decided that the Turkish Empire would target which group of subjects?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Demonstrate how the Cambodian genocide illustrates the manner in which internal politics in the United States affect U.S. actions. Support your arguments from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Senator Bob Dole and Raphael Lemkin's respective lobbying efforts in the fight against genocide. Use the text to back up your statements.

Essay Topic 3

Using the text to support your statements, describe and analyze the shifts in power and position between Rwanda's Tutsi and Hutu in the three decades between Rwanda's independence from Belgium and the Arusha accords.

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