Holocaust Notes Review

Jews were living in every country in Europe before the Nazis came into power in

• 1933

• 1943

• 1953

• 1963

Around how many Jews were living in Europe before the beginning of the Holocaust?

• 1,000,000

• 3,000,000

• 6,000,000

• 9,000,000

Which countries had the largest Jewish population?

• Germany and Spain

• France and Germany

• The Soviet Union and Poland

• Britain and Denmark

Anti-semitism was used by some politicians to portray Jews as a _____ rather than a religion.

• Race

• Culture

• Ethnicity

• Political Party

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

True or false: after Germany lost World War I, a new government formed and became the Nazi Party.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Many Germans were upset that they lost the war and had to make reparations totaling $70 billion to all of the countries that they had "damaged" in the war. (What is the meaning of the word reparations?)

• to spend money on goods

• to repay money

• to limit how much money you spend

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Extremists blamed _____ for Germany's defeat in WWI.

• The Nazis

• The Jews

• The Americans

• Adolf Hitler

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

What word means the total control of a country by the government, where fear and paranoia are used to crush the rights of individuals?

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• democracy

• totalitarianism

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What were the laws called that restricted the rights of the Jews?

• Bavarian Laws

• Nuremberg Laws

• Auschwitz Laws

• Saxon Laws

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

True or false: the Nazis only targeted Jews.

• True

• False