Holocaust Background Notes Review

When Hitler took power in August 1934, he united the offices of __________ and __________ to place himself in complete power of Germany.

• Chancellor; President

• Chancellor; Prime Minister

• Chancellor; General

• President; Prime Minister

Germany's unemployment rate after World War I was about ______(fraction) of the population.

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 1/2

• 3/4

When Hitler joined the German Socialist Workers' party, he transformed it into the National Socialist German Workers' Party, also known as:

• Fascist Party

• Communist Party

• Nazi Party

• Imperial Party

How did Hitler's government determine whether a citizen was considered a Jew?

• By bloodline

• By religious affiliation

• By financial status

• By language spoken

What were the names of the documents that were signed to declare that the Germans and the Central Powers were guilty of beginning World War I and the destruction that it caused?

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Trianon

• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

While in prison, Hitler wrote a book with a detailed plan to exterminate the Jews. It was called:

• Mein Kampf

• The Communist Manifesto

• The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

• The Final Solution

What was the name of the laws established in 1935 that took away Jewish citizenship, as well as many other rights of Jewish people?

• Nuremberg Laws

• Kristallnacht Laws

• Final Solution Laws

• Auschwitz Laws

What were Jews forced to have stamped on their passports?

• A red "J"

• A yellow star

• A black triangle

• A pink triangle

The names that Jewish citizens were forced to take as their middle name after 1935: (men)_______________________ (women)________________________

• Israel; Sarah

• Jacob; Rachel

• Abraham; Esther

• Moses; Rebecca

What is the vocabulary word that means "prejudice against the Jews"?

• Fascism

• Apartheid

• Anti-Semitism

• Xenophobia