The Holocaust (18.3)

Which best describes the sequence of events in Hitler’s campaign against the Jews of Germany?

• persecution begins, Nuremberg Laws issued, concentration camps created, death camps created

• persecution begins, concentration camps created, Nuremberg Laws issued, death camps created

• persecution begins, death camps created, Nuremberg Laws issued,

  concentration camps created

• Nuremberg Laws issued, persecution begins, concentration camps created, death camps created

Which of the following is an example of silent resistance?

• people who formed underground resistance movements and organized attacks

• people who discreetly hid targets of Nazi persecution in their homes, offices, and warehouses

• resistance fighters who joined forces with the Soviet troops

• people who obediently followed the Nazi rules

Why did emerging knowledge about the extent of the Holocaust help increase demand and support for a Jewish homeland?

• It convinced people that a Jewish homeland would prevent any recurrence of genocide in the world.

• It convinced people that a Jewish homeland was an effective way to punish Nazi war crimes.

• It convinced people that Jews needed and deserved a country of their own.

• It convinced people that all the Axis powers had participated in the Holocaust, not just Germany.

Which was a cornerstone of Hitler’s anti-Semitic beliefs?

• He believed that Jews were to blame for Germany’s defeat in World War I.

• He feared that Jews would soon outnumber Aryans in Germany.

• He was a strong supporter of German Christian churches.

• He resented Jewish opposition to the Weimar government.

What is the primary reason that concentration camps were created in 1933?

• They were used as detention centers for political prisoners.

• They were created to exterminate Jewish people.

• They were used as housing for citizens displaced by the war.

• They were used as military bases for the German army.

Which of the following is a reason why Western countries refused to accept more refugees in the late 1930s?

• Western countries were not aware of Hitler’s racial theories.

• Western countries needed to commit all their resources to the war effort.

• Western countries did not want to provoke war with Germany.

• Western countries were burdened with the effects of the Great Depression.

Which of the following statements correctly describes Hitler’s “Final Solution?”

• deportation of European Jews to other countries

• the opening of a second front in Western Europe

• creation of extermination camps for European Jews

• laws to end Jewish influence in government and school

What were the Nuremberg Laws of 1935?

• laws that expanded the German military in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles

• laws that put Nazi racist ideology into practice

• laws that outlawed all political parties except the Nazi party

• laws that gave Hitler total power over Germany’s government

By the end of the war, how many Jews and other undesirable peoples are estimated to have been killed during the Holocaust?

• 3 million

• 6 million

• 9 million

• 12 million

What were two camps in which Jewish uprisings occurred?

• Auschwitz and Sobibor

• Mauthausen and Belzec

• Treblinka and Buchenwald

• Bergen-Belsen and Plaszow