What were the Nuremberg Trials

The trial of the Nazis after WW2

Why did the Cold War have a negative effect on the UN?

The Security Council could not pass resolutions

Who is Paul Rusesabagina?

A hotel manager who saved people during the Rwandan Genocide

Who is Ronald Reagan?

US president who got the Genocide Convention ratified

What is a reservation to a treaty?

It's the condition you place on following the treaty

With the invasions of China and Poland

Who was William Proxmire?

A senator promoting ratification of Genocide Convention

Why did the US finally sign the Genocide Convention?

Because the sitting president made people mad

Countries who sign the Genocide Convention promise to...

prevent, suppress, and punish genocide

Which of the following is NOT a reason the US refused to sign the Genocide Convention?

Legal abortions counts as preventing births within the group

With the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

What was the Cold War?

Tensions between the US and the Soviet Union after WW2

Which is the best example of state sovereignty?

Wearing a wedding dress to a picnic

What was the Madrid Conference?

A meeting of international lawyers

Who was Oskar Schindler

A Nazi factory owner who saved Jews from extermination

Which of the following is NOT in the UN definition of genocide?

preventing members of the group from using their language

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Genocide Part 1

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A review of the first part of the #genocide section.

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1
Which of the following is NOT a reason the League of Nations failed?
They could not enforce their decisions
Some countries were communists
All decisions had to be unanimous
Not everyone was allowed to join
2
Where was WWII fought?
All over Europe
In Europe and Asia
In Germany
In Asia, Europe, and Africa
3
Who was Franklin Roosevelt?
US president during WW1
US president during WW2
Your other mom
US president during the Cold War
4
What were the Nuremberg Trials
The trial of Oskar Schindler after WW2
The trial that found Germany guilty of starting WW1
The trial of Saddam Hussein in Iraq
The trial of the Nazis after WW2
5
When was World War 1?
1883-1889
1914-1918
1776-1778
1939-1945
6
Why did the Cold War have a negative effect on the UN?
The Security Council was not having meetings
The General Assembly required unanimous votes
The General Assembly was frozen
The Security Council could not pass resolutions
7
Who is Paul Rusesabagina?
A hotel manager who saved people during the Rwandan Genocide
Foreign minister who would not let Lemkin go to Madrid
The senator who pushed to ratify the Genocide Convention
A factory owner who saved Jews during the holocaust
8
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
US president during WW 2
US president during WW 1
Creator of the United Nations
US president during the Cold War
9
Who is Ronald Reagan?
US president during WW 1
US president during WW 2
US president who got the Genocide Convention ratified
US president who created the League of Nations
10
What is a reservation to a treaty?
It's the condition you place on following the treaty
It's the part of the treaty you will not follow
It's to reserve the right to not sign the treaty
It's to reserve your place to help write the treay
11
How did WW2 start?
With the invasions of China and Poland
With Pearl Harbor
With the invasion of South Korea
With the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand?
12
Who was William Proxmire?
He wrote the Genocide Convention
A senator who visited the cemetery of Nazis
President of the US during WW1
A senator promoting ratification of Genocide Convention
13
Why did the US finally sign the Genocide Convention?
Because of William Proxmire's speeches
Because the sitting president made people mad
Because it was the anniversary of the end of WW2
Because it was the anniversary of Lemkin's death
14
Countries who sign the Genocide Convention promise to...
prosecute, obsess, and punish genocide
prevent, oppress, and push genocide
persecute, openness, and promote genocide
prevent, suppress, and punish genocide
15
Which of the following is NOT a reason the US refused to sign the Genocide Convention?
Treatment of Native Americans counts as a genocide
Legal abortions counts as preventing births within the group
Treatment of blacks in the south counts as mental harm
The UN would not specify a number of people who had to die
16
What does it mean to "ratify"?
To kill a group of people based on their race or ethnicity
To make into a law
To add a condition before you agree to something
To govern without outside interference
17
When was World War 2?
1914-1918
1776-1778
1883-1889
1939-1945
18
How did WW1 start?
With Pearl Harbor
With the invasions of China and Poland
With the invasion of South Korea
With the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
19
What was the Cold War?
Tensions between the US and the Soviet Union after WW2
When Japan invaded China, but no actual fighting happened
The war started when Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated
When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in wintertime in WW2
20
Which is the best example of state sovereignty?
Wearing a swimsuit to the beach
Wearing a wedding dress to a picnic
"No shoes, no shirt, no service"
Dress code
21
What was the Madrid Conference?
A meeting to try the Nazis after WW2
A meeting of international lawyers
A meeting about the threat of Hitler in Germany
A meeting about mass killings by governments
22
Who was Oskar Schindler
Prime Minister of Britain during WW2
A Nazi factory owner who saved Jews from extermination
A hotel manager who saved people in Rwanda
Your mom
23
Which is true about the word genocide?
-cide means tribe
geno means killing
-cide means killing
geno means considering something, then deciding not to do it
24
Which of the following is NOT in the UN definition of genocide?
preventing members of the group from using their language
a coordinated plan to destroy
in whole or in part
a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group
25
How many phrases are there in the UN definition of genocide?
7
5
8
6

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