Deck 12: Genocide

Question 1

According to the text, more people have died in genocides in the past 100 years than in any 100-year period in history.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Since World War II, more people have been killed in genocides than in international war.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The word genocide is more than 1,000 years old.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Raphael Lemkin is credited with creating the word genocide. Who was he?

A) A scholar who lived in ancient Rome
B) A Nazi doctor who helped build gas chambers to kill Jews
C) A Polish scholar whose family was killed by the Nazis
D) A historian who first documented the Armenian genocide

Question 5

To which of the following has the word genocide been applied?

A) Bisexuality
B) Dieting
C) Abortion
D) All of these

Question 6

The United Nations definition of genocide does not include:

A) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to a group
B) Imposing means to prevent births within a group
C) Killing for political reasons
D) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group

Question 7

The U.N. Genocide Convention passed in 1948:

A) Was the first time genocide was recognized as an international crime
B) Has frequently been used to act against those engaged in genocide
C) Has practically eliminated genocide in modern times
D) All of these

Question 8

According to the text, the U.N. definition of genocide has been criticized because it:

A) Does not indicate how many must die to call an act genocide
B) Requires proof of intent on the part of the killers to bring a charge of genocide
C) Makes no clear distinction between acts of war and acts of genocide
D) All of these

Question 9

Scholars of genocide all agree that by dropping nuclear bombs on Japanese civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, the U.S. committed an act of genocide.

Question 10

According to the text, what is the connection between acts of genocide and acts of war?

A) During times of war, genocides don't generally happen.
B) For most scholars, acts of war and acts of genocide are the same.
C) During times of war, other countries are more likely to step in and stop a genocide.
D) During periods of war, genocide is more likely to occur.

Question 11

Under what conditions does colonization make it easier to commit genocide?

A) When the colonizers view their actions as morally right
B) When the people being colonized are violent and lawless
C) When the colonizers do not follow a recognized religion
D) When the people being colonized must be killed to stop the spread of disease

Question 12

Which of the following has been cited as a condition that makes genocide more likely?

A) The power of the state has been reduced by defeat in war and/or internal strife.
B )There is a strong dependence on military security.
C) The leadership has strong ambitions for territory.
D) All of these

Question 13

The United States was one of the first nations to ratify the United Nations' Genocide Convention.

Question 14

In the Armenian genocide (1915-1918):

A) The Young Turks claimed the victims were casualties of war, not of genocide
B) Art, literature, and recorded history of the Armenians were destroyed
C) Many died in a long death march to the desert
D) All of the above

Question 15

What happened to Young Turks accused of genocide in Armenia?

A) More than 1,000 were tried in court and sentenced to death.
B) Four people were tried and convicted but were then released.
C) Armenian citizens rose up, took the law into their own hands, and killed many of the Young Turks who had engaged in genocide
D) They fled the country and moved to South America.

Question 16

In the Rwandan genocide:

A) Christian ministers and priests were able to eventually put an end to the killing.
B) Machetes were used to kill because the killers could not afford guns.
C) Rwandan military personnel began the killing and were later joined by citizens.
D) The killers were careful to spare women and children from being killed.

Question 17

According to the text, how did other nations react to the Rwanda genocide as it was occurring?

A) Other nations did not know about it until after it was over.
B) Other nations quickly sent military troops into the area to stop the killing.
C) Nothing was done, and many of the troops that were already there when the genocide began were withdrawn.
D) They sent in planes to remove Tutsi who were at risk of being killed in the genocide.

Question 18

When the genocide was over in Rwanda, who was put on trial for the killings?

A) A college professor
B) Two nuns
C) A minister who headed the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
D) All of the above

Question 19

In the genocide in Sudan, who were the Janjaweed?

A) A human rights group bringing food and medicine to innocent civilians
B) Bandits and common criminals who took part in the killing
C) Christian citizens targeted by the killers
D) Drug traffickers who were paid by the government to kill citizens

Question 20

The United States and other world powers have refused to call the killing in Sudan genocide.

Question 21

The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for the president of Sudan, charging him with genocide and crimes against humanity. What happened after they issued this arrest warrant?

A) Nothing. The president was never arrested.
B) The president was tried and sentenced to death.
C) The president killed himself before he could go to trial.
D) The president was tried and found not guilty.

Question 22

How has the world learned about what has happened in the Sudan?

A) Extensive video footage of the killing
B) Reports from United Nations troops who have entered the killing zone
C) Interviews with refugees who fled to nearby countries
D) Confessions and other statements from captured killers

Question 23

According to the text, what can be done to prevent future genocides?

A) Identify early warning signs of genocide
B) Get powerful nations to act
C) Both a and b
D) None of these