Genocide

Question 1

When was genocide officially labeled a crime?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

in 1948 as defined by the UN

Question 2

If genocide is being committed, what action can the world community take? Check all that apply.The International Court can arrest and try the perpetrators.The UN can pass a resolution condemning the act of genocide.The UN can send peace-keeping missions to solve the conflict.The UN can take over the government and create a colony.The International Court can sentence to death a perpetrator that is convicted.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The International Court can arrest and try the perpetrators.; The UN can pass a resolution condemning the act of genocide.; The UN can send peace-keeping missions to solve the conflict.

Question 3

Genocide occurred in Guatemala in 1981–1983 because

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the Mayans demanded to be part of the Guatemalan government.

Question 4

Dominican soldiers could tell the nationality of a Haitian by

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the way they pronounced words.

Question 5

This is a picture taken during WWII.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

concentration camp imprisonment

Question 6

Which is the proper order of genocides from earliest to most recent?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Armenian, Holocaust, Cambodian, Darfur

Question 7

In referring to the deportations during the Armenian genocide, what does correspondent Henry Wood say was the “terrible feature of this deportation”?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Families will never be united again.

Question 8

What led to genocide in Cambodia?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia and persecuted political enemies.

Question 9

The Ukrainian Holodomor of 1932–33 refers to the period during which

Revolt · Accepted Answer

seven million Ukrainians were murdered by starvation.

Question 10

The genocides in both Cambodia and Bosnia are examples of

Revolt · Accepted Answer

ethnic cleansing.

Genocide Answers

More from this Course

TRY EDGENUITY HACKS