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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. 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?

2. In 1948, Lemkin flies to _____________ to lobby the subcommittee that was preparing the actual text of the convention.

3. Why doesn't the international community prosecute individuals for their roles in exterminating millions of German Jews?

4. Which U.S. government official does Lemkin try to approach regarding Hitler?

5. How does Proxmire make his case for ratification of the genocide treaty?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the Vietnamese ousted the Khmer Rouge from power in 1979, what proof of genocide did they find? What was the United States' reaction to the Vietnamese-discovered evidence, and why?

2. After Lemkin's death, William Proxmire, a senator from Wisconsin, took up the movement to have the genocide convention ratified in the U.S. What was the date of Senator Proxmire's first genocide speech?

3. As the Khmer Rouge began its genocidal campaign, the U.S. government issued warnings that a bloodbath might happen in the region. What was many Americans' response to the warnings?

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

5. In lobbying the UN General Assembly for a resolution on genocide, what kind of a law did Lemkin want the body to pass?

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

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 message did the United States government tell Morgenthau to pass on to Turkey?

9. Why was Morgenthau unable to do more about the Armenians than send cables to Washington?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze, explain, and demonstrate, supporting your arguments from the text, how, in each of the cases of genocide that Power examines, both physical and cultural destruction were used to demolish and eradicate racial, ethnic, and political groups.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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