The Armenian Genocide

Answer the following questions while watching the PBS documentary, The Armenian Genocide.

1) Where is Armenia located?

2) What religion was the king of Armenia the first ruler to adopt? When?

3) What empire absorbed Armenia in the 15th century?

4) How many people were killed during the Hamidian Massacres between 1894 and 1896?

5) In December 1914, the Ottoman Empire attacked what nation? Who won?

6) In early 1915, Russian troops advanced into the Ottoman Empire. How many Armenian soldiers were with these Russians?

7) Who were massacred during the “first stage” of the Armenian genocide? The Armenian Genocide 8) If deportation wasn’t the intended result of relocating the Armenians, what was?

9) What group within the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) was central to the process of massacre and deportation?

10) In what city did, in 1915, Armenians kill and hold off Turkish forces for over a month?

11)What specific group of people was targeted by the people who tortured the Armenians?

12) What charity sent $100 million in aid to the “starving Armenians” from America?