Unit 8a - Holocaust - Review Quiz

Which of the following terms means "acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group"?

• Genocide

• Atrocity

• Anti-Semitism

• Final Solution

The term anti-semitism means hostility or prejudice against which group of people?

• Germans

• Communists

• Jews

• Gypsies

How did Kristallnacht demonstrate persecution of the Jews?

• Nazi troops attacked Jewish homes, synagogues and businesses

• A law passed on that day requiring Jews to wear yellow stars

• That was the day that the Nazis began large deportation of Jews

• The first concentration camp opened

According to the passage, why did Kristallnacht mark a general shift in policy against Jews?

• After Kristallnacht, the Nazis ended the Holocaust

• After Kristallnacht, World War II ended

• Before Kristallnacht, Jews were treated more harshly than after

• After Kristallnacht, the Nazis took a more direct approach to persecuting Jews

All of the following were groups of people put in Nazi concentration camps EXCEPT:

• Jews

• People with disabilities

• Roma (Gypsies)

• Americans

What was Hitler's main goal in beginning his "Final Solution"?

• To win World War II

• To attack and conquer America

• To eliminate the Jewish race

• To take over more of Europe

The Nuremberg Trials were a direct result (effect) of

• The D-Day invasion

• The atrocities committed during the Holocaust

• The attack on Pearl Harbor

• The internment of Japanese-Americans

Which important idea was established as a result of the Nuremberg Trials?

• Defeated nations have no right after a war ends

• Individual leaders can be held accountable and punished for “crimes against humanity”

• Soldiers must follow the orders of their commanders

• Nations that start wars must pay reparations for damages caused during the war

What types of crimes were the Nazi leaders tried for during the Nuremberg Trials?

• Crimes against peace

• War Crimes

• Crimes against humanity

• All of the above

Which person was known as the "mastermind" behind the planning and execution of the Holocaust?

• Adolf Hitler

• Josef Stalin

• Benito Mussolini

• Karl Donitz