Holocaust Background Vocabulary

Information that is misleading, biased, and used to promote a political cause is called _______________.

• Pogrom

• Propaganda

• Ghetto

• Anti-Semitism

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people is called ____________________.

• Hate Crimes

• Racism

• Anti-semitism

• Pogrom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The mass murder of Jewish people under the German Nazi regime during the period 1941–1945 is called __________________

• The Holocaust

• Concentration Camps

• Kristallnacht

• Blitzkrieg

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The Nuremberg Laws took away the following rights from Jewish people:

• Their ability to be German citizens

• Their ability to own and operate a business

• Their ability to marry German citizens

• Their ability to live where they wish

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A name for a slum area occupied by a minority group.

• Gestapo

• Blitzkrieg

• Pogrom

• Ghetto

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

A place where large numbers of political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities are imprisoned, forced to perform manual labor, or await death.

• Pogroms

• Concentration Camps

• Internment Camps

• Community Camps

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A ration book is...

• A book issued by the government that allows people to buy certain foods during shortages

• A book that was used to record all the names of people belonging to Jewish synogogues

• A book that was used to help Germans trace Jewish ancestry

• A book that helped Germans track food consumed by Jewish people in concentration camps.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A Jew is someone with the following characteristics:

• Someone who descends from the ancient Israelite ethnic group

• Someone who does not have blonde hair and blue eyes

• Someone who practices Judaism

• Someone with four Christian grandparents

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

A symbol that was adopted in the 19th century as a symbol of Judaism; also considered the shield of David

• Yin and Yang

• The Star of David

• The Crucifix

• Yellow Star

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The political police of Nazi Germany responsible for killing enemies of the Nazi party and taking Jewish people to concentration camps.

• Green Police

• Secret Police

• Gestapo

• German Interpol

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E