Genocide Awareness and Prevention Quiz

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#1

Which event is often considered the first genocide of the 20th century?

Armenian Genocide
Rwandan Genocide
Holocaust
Cambodian Genocide
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#2

Which UN convention defines genocide as a punishable crime?

Convention on the Rights of the Child
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
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#3

Which ethnic group was targeted during the Bosnian Genocide in the 1990s?

Bosniaks
Serbs
Croats
Albanians
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#4

Which term refers to the systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group?

Ethnic cleansing
Holocaust
Genocide
Crimes against humanity
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#5

Which country experienced the genocide known as the Great Famine?

Ireland
Russia
China
India
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#6

The term 'genocide' was coined by which legal scholar?

Raphael Lemkin
Hannah Arendt
Elie Wiesel
Simon Wiesenthal
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#7

Which international treaty established genocide as a crime under international law?

Geneva Convention
Treaty of Versailles
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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#8

Who was the leader of the Khmer Rouge regime responsible for the Cambodian Genocide?

Pol Pot
Mao Zedong
Kim Il-sung
Ho Chi Minh
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#9

Which group led the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, during the early 2000s?

Janjaweed
Taliban
Al-Shabaab
ISIS
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#10

Which term describes the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation?

Ethnic cleansing
War crimes
Atrocity crimes
Crimes against humanity
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#11

Which country experienced the 1994 genocide that targeted the Tutsi ethnic group?

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Burundi
Rwanda
Uganda
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#12

Which international court was established to prosecute individuals responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity?

International Criminal Court
European Court of Human Rights
International Court of Justice
International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
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#13

Which country has not officially recognized the Armenian Genocide?

Turkey
United States
Germany
France
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#14

Who wrote the memoir 'Night,' which documents his experiences during the Holocaust?

Primo Levi
Anne Frank
Elie Wiesel
Viktor Frankl
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#15

Who was the leader of the Nazi regime responsible for the Holocaust?

Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Hermann Göring
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#16

Which event led to the term 'genocide' being introduced into international law?

Armenian Genocide
Holodomor
Nanking Massacre
Nuremberg Trials
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#17

Who was the military dictator responsible for the genocide in Guatemala during the 1980s?

Fidel Castro
Augusto Pinochet
Anastasio Somoza
Efraín Ríos Montt
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