Armenian Genocide trivia
Armenian Genocide Mini Quiz
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Question 1
Which Ottoman minister, assassinated in Berlin by an Armenian survivor, played a leading role in the Armenian Genocide?
Talaat Pasha was assassinated in 1921 by Soghomon Tehlirian, who was later acquitted by a German court after a highly publicized trial.
Question 2
During World War I, the Ottoman Empire targeted which group, one of the oldest Christian communities, in mass deportations and killings?
The mass killings and deportations of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I are widely recognized as the Armenian Genocide, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians.
Question 3
What Syrian city became a symbol of the Armenian Genocide death marches during World War I?
Deir ez-Zor housed concentration camps where thousands of Armenians perished during forced marches, and it is now the site of a memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide.
Question 4
Which world power condemned the Armenian Genocide as 'crimes against humanity' in 1915?
The Allied Powers—Britain, France, and Russia—issued a joint declaration in May 1915, publicly condemning the Armenian massacres as "crimes against humanity and civilization."