The Holocaust Quiz

The term holocaust is a Greek word which means

• people of the fire

• death by power

• sacrifice by fire

• sacrifice of the many

Hostility to or prejudice against Jews.

• Anti-Democratic

• Neo-Nazism

• Anti-Semitism

• Jewism

An organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jews in Russia or eastern Europe.

• Pogrom

• Blitzkrieg

• Kristallnacht

• Einsatzgruppen

A part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.

• suburb

• ghetto

• concentration camp

• transit camp

In 1933 which of the following countries had the highest population of Jews?

• Germany

• France

• Italy

• Poland

Most eastern Jews spoke

• English.

• Spanish.

• German.

• Yiddish.

The first attempt to remove all legal discrimination against Jews and the granting of rights equal to those of other citizens in a country came in 1791 in what country?

• United States

• France

• Poland

• Germany

April 1, 1933 a nationwide ___________________ of Jewish-owned businesses took place which resulted in people refusing to purchase goods in Jewish businesses.

• destruction

• boycott

• sale

• removal

The first wave of anti-Jewish legislation in Germany focused mainly on Jews in the

• public life.

• labor workforce.

• economic trade industry.

• banking industry.

What was the effect of the Nuremberg laws on Jews living in Germany? 

• Jews were forced to marry non-Jews.
• Jews were ordered to adopt German sounding names.
• Jews were granted equal rights and freedom from persecution.
• Jews were stripped of their German citizenship and right to vote