World History Semester B Exam

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Question
What was the function of the UN-sponsored 1948 treaty on genocide?(1 point)
Responses

It punished the German nation for the Nazis’ genocide.
It punished the German nation for the Nazis’ genocide.

It set up mechanisms to punish those guilty of genocide.
It set up mechanisms to punish those guilty of genocide.

It created a mechanism to prevent genocide in the future.
It created a mechanism to prevent genocide in the future.

It defined and condemned genocide.

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The correct response is:

It defined and condemned genocide.

The 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide aimed to define genocide and establish it as an international crime, thereby condemning it and emphasizing the need for prevention and punishment of such acts.