World History 2 Semester 2

Which of these is considered genocide?

• mass murder of a random group

• act of terrorism that is racially motivated

• killing members of an ethnic group with the intent to wipe out an entire race

• all of these

Which of these can be an act of genocide?

• preventing births from occurring by sterilization or murder of pregnant women

• removing children from their birth family and forcing them to grow up with a different identity

• forcing people into conditions that are not compatible with life (starvation, lack of water, extreme heat)

• all of these

Why does Turkey claim there was no genocide of the Armenian people?

• there were many people who died during WWI

• it was not intended for so many Armenians to die while they were transported to other parts of the Ottoman Empire

• lack of resources during wartime conditions resulted in many accidental deaths

• all of these

The Nazis used eugenics to justify which part of their platform?

• racial discrimination against the Jews

• new economic policies

• rebuilding their military

• all of these

Anti-semitism first appeared in Europe during the 1930s with the rise of the Nazi Party.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Nuremberg Laws were...

• used to eliminate basic human rights and citizenship from German Jews

• a series of trials that were held following WW2 to hold the Nazis accountable for their actions during the Holocaust

• a set of laws that formally annexed Austria into Germany

• used to outlaw discrimination against German Jews when WW2 ended

How many people were killed during the Holocaust?

• 12 million

• 6 million

• 1.5 million

• 750,000

Approximately how many Jews were killed during the Holocaust?

• 600

• 6 million

• 12 million

• 450,000

Which of these groups was targeted by the Nazis and sent to concentration camps?

• gay or lesbian

• communists

• gypsies

• all of these

What was the name of a neighborhood that Jews lived in with limited rights and overcrowded conditions (usually before being sent to a camp)?

• concentration camp

• extermination camp

• ghetto

• public housing