1. b. Systemic action designed to harm any national, ethnical, racial, or religious group.
Genocide is defined by the United Nations as the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that group.
2. d. Turks controlled areas formerly inhabited by Armenians, which made the organization of modern Turkey easier.
After the Armenian genocide, the Turks were able to consolidate their control over areas previously inhabited by Armenians, which allowed for the reorganization and modernization of Turkey.
3. c. The international community immediately responded to 9/11 but did not react to Rwanda until after the genocide occurred, based largely on differences in geography, culture, and political systems.
The international community responded quickly and decisively to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but did not intervene in the Rwandan genocide until after the majority of the killings had occurred. This difference in response is often attributed to various factors, including differences in geography, culture, and political systems between the two events.
4. d. Media coverage instills fear in the public, gives the terrorists credibility, and provides them with the opportunity to spread their agenda.
The role of the media in perpetuating international terrorism is often criticized for inadvertently providing terrorists with a platform to spread their messages, instilling fear in the public, and giving them credibility they may not otherwise have.
5. a. They began using words that described the Holocaust to draw attention to the similarities in Bosnia.
Journalists covering the Bosnian War began using language and terminology that drew parallels to the Holocaust in order to capture the attention of an international audience and highlight the severity of the atrocities taking place in Bosnia.