NewsTracker Answers for week of Oct. 16, 2006

Q: The French parliament voted last week to make it a crime to deny that the Armenians suffered genocide at the hands of the Turks. Armenia says Ottoman Turks killed 1.5 million people systematically from 1915 to 1919 -- a claim strongly denied by Turkey. Where in this map of Central Asia is Turkey?

Circle the area on this map

Q: Scholars and most Western governments have recognized the killings as genocide. True or false Turkey shares a border with Armenia.

A. True

B. False

A. Armenia shares border with Turkey to the west.

Q: The Turkish government -- which strongly rejects the use of the term genocide -- slammed the vote, saying France had dealt "a heavy blow" to longstanding bilateral relations. What's the capital of Turkey?

A. Ankara

B. Istanbul

C. Yerevan

D. Chechnya

A. Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul.

Q: True or False: France shares a border with Turkey.

A. True

B. False

B. False. But France is home to Europe's largest Armenian diaspora. Diaspora is defined by Merriam-Webster Online as "the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland."

Q: On Friday about 1,000 students rallied in the Armenian capital to thank the French parliament for backing the bill. What's the capital of Armenia?

A. Ankara

B. Istanbul

C. Yerevan

D. Chechnya

C. Yerevan is the largest city and capital of Armenia