Unit 2 (Armenian Genocide & the Holocaust)

Historic Armenia is located in modern day _______.

• Iraq
• Turkey
• Iran
• Egypt

In the 15th century, historic Armenia was absorbed into the ______ Empire.

• Byzantine
• Persian
• Russian
• Ottoman

________ became the official religion of Armenia in 301 CE.

• Christianity
• Islam
• Judaism
• Buddhism

The Armenian Genocide occurred under the cover of ________.

• World War I
• World War II
• Russian Revolution
• Vietnam War

The Armenian people were considered different from others living in the Ottoman Empire primarily because of their _____.

• Religious beliefs
• Occupations
• Racial characteristics
• History

How were Armenians treated differently than other people living in the Ottoman Empire?

• Had to wear a special badge
• Could not practice their religion
• Were not allowed to be educated
• had to pay higher taxes

The greatest enemy of the Ottoman Empire and the closest ally of the Armenians was which country?

• Germany
• Russia
• Iran
• United States

The Armenian Genocide began on April 24th 1915 with the massacre of Armenians in Constantinople and other major cities in the Ottoman Empire. What happeded to the majority of the remaining Armenians?

• They were machine-guned in large numbers by special squads of the Ottoman army

• They were taken to the Black Sea and put on old ships that were sunk.

• They were forced to march with inadequate food and water to camps in Syria.

• They were transported by train to extermination camps were they were gassed.

Approximately how many Armenians do historians conclude were killed during the genocide?

• 1 to 1.5 million
• 3 to 4 million
• 6 million
• 100,000 to 300,000

Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called

• apartments
• projects
• ghettos
• government housing