Armenian Genocide

3. Direct killings estimated to account for approximately one-quarter of deaths in the handout’s chart.
5. Destination toward which many Armenian deportees were marched.
7. Large-scale killings carried out by military units, militias, and local forces.
10. Similar or uniform; the type of Turkish state the perpetrators wanted to create.
11. Ideology used to promote the creation of a more unified Turkish state.
12. Deadly journeys on which Armenian civilians were forced toward the Syrian desert.
15. Government seizure of Armenian property and wealth.
16. City where Armenian intellectuals and community leaders were arrested in April 1915.
19. Places where many surviving Armenians were concentrated in 1916 and 1917.
21. Ottoman interior minister identified as one of the leading perpetrators.
24. Armed groups outside the regular military that participated in the violence.

1. Country that Armenians were accused of supporting during the war.
2. Global conflict that created instability and wartime emergency powers.
4. Population scattered across different countries after being displaced from its homeland.
6. The empire in which the genocide occurred.
8. Humanitarian assistance organized for some Armenian survivors.
9. People who escaped death but often returned to destroyed or abandoned communities.
12. Forced removal of people from their homes and communities.
13. Religious identity of the Armenian minority described in the handout.
14. Political movement that came to power in 1908 and promoted Turkish nationalism.
17. Region from which many Armenian communities were deported.
18. Dangerous physical condition faced by deportees without shelter or protection.
20. Cause of death resulting from the deliberate lack of sufficient food.
22. Month in which the genocide is commemorated each year.
23. The ethnic population systematically targeted by the Ottoman government.