WWII Review

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Why was this night known as "the night of the broken glass"?

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The nazi's broke through synagogues, schools, and other jewish buildings, and broken glass was all over the streets.

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What are concentration camps?

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place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution.

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What was the goal of Hitler's "Final Solution"?

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Exterminating Jews

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Germany's battle tactic of quickly overwhelming the opposition is referred to as ........ means "lightning war".

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blitzkrieg

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Which nation was the victim of the atomic bomb, with two major cities destroyed as a result?

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Japan

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The systematic destruction of a group of people based on race, nationality, religion, etc., is called

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genocide

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Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called

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ghettos

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Which of the following best describes the “final solution?” Options: The implementation of the Balfour Declaration., The Nazi desire for complete destruction of the Jews., The conscription of German males into the military., The Jewish desire for a homeland within Germany.

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The Nazi desire for complete destruction of the Jews.

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By the end of the Holocaust, over __________ Jews had been killed?

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6 Million

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The deliberate destruction, in whole of an ethnic, racial, religious or national group is called

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Genocide