Question
A mass deportation of intellectuals on April 24, 1915 is considered by many historians to have marked the beginning of this event. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this genocide perpetrated by Ottoman forces during the First World War which had many death marches to locations like Deir ez-Zor.
ANSWER: Armenian Genocide
[10h] In a memoir, an American ambassador with this surname reported on the horrors of the Armenian Genocide and other Ottoman massacres. Another politician with this surname is the namesake of a plan to weaken German military strength after the Second World War.
ANSWER: Morgenthau [accept Henry Morgenthau Sr.; accept Henry Morgenthau Jr.]
[10m] Greek historian Kontantinos Fotiadis cited Morgenthau in his book on the “genocide” perpetrated by Turkish forces against the inhabitants of this Anatolian region. Mithridates VI Eupator ruled a classical-era empire named for this region.
ANSWER: Pontus
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 100% | 38% | 13% |
Data
| Cornell Earth | Cornell Wind | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Rochester C | RIT | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Rochester A | Rochester B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell Fire | Columbia Ly-α | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |