Causes
This empire ruled the region where the Armenian Genocide took place during World War I.
Ottoman Empire
Approximately this many Armenians were killed during the genocide.
1-1.5 million
This political organization of the Young Turks controlled the Ottoman government during the genocide.
Committee of Union and Progress
This Christian ethnic group was the primary target of the genocide.
Armenians
This U.S. ambassador to the Ottoman Empire documented and reported early accounts of the genocide.
Henry Morgenthau
This nationalist group took power in the Ottoman Empire and promoted a homogenous Turkish state
Committee of Union and Progress/Young Turks
The date when Armenian intellectuals were arrested and executed in Constantinople, and is commemorated as Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.
April 24, 1915
This Ottoman Minister of the Interior is widely considered the primary architect of the genocide.
Talaat Pasha
During the genocide, this group of Armenians was usually targeted first, often disarmed, placed in labor battalions, and then executed.
Armenian men
This 1915 declaration by Britain, France, and Russia condemned Ottoman actions and used the what phrase for the first time?
Crimes Against Humanity
This failed 1914 agreement attempted to protect Armenians by placing their regions under European supervision.
Armenian Reform Agreement (1914)
This Syrian desert region became a major destination where deported Armenians were left to die.
Der Zor
This secret paramilitary organization composed of convicts and soldiers carried out mass killings.
Special Organization
These two Christian groups were also victims of violence alongside Armenians.
Greeks and Assyrians
This American humanitarian organization helped Armenian orphans and refugees.
Near East Relief
This 1914 declaration by the Ottoman Empire framed World War I as a religious struggle against Britain, France, and Russia.
Call to Jihad
This 1915 law legalized the deportation of Armenians under “military necessity.”
Temporary Law of Deportation
These two groups of civilians were encouraged to participate in raids and killings against Armenians.
Turkish and Kurdish Civilians
This group was frequently kidnapped, forced to convert, or assimilated into Muslim households.
Women and children
This 1920 treaty proposed an independent Armenian state but was never ratified.
Treaty of Sèvres
This Ottoman military defeat in 1914–1915 was blamed on Armenians and helped justify their deportation.
Battle of Sarikamish
This tactic forced Armenians to march long distances without food or water and became a key method of extermination.
Death Marches
This country knew about the genocide but largely failed to intervene.
Germany
This percentage represents roughly how much of the Ottoman Armenian population was killed.
70%
This treaty replaced the Treaty of Sèvres and ignored the genocide entirely.
Treaty of Lausanne