Holocaust History Test 1 Review

Aryan:

• Refering to the native Indo-European peoples of Western Europe

  (Superior Race)

• A race of tall, blonde-haired, blue-eyed people from northern Europe

• Biologically Superior Humans

• Pure Nordic Bloodline

Assimilation:

• Social integration of Jews into surrounding culture

• Is the complete erasure of a people’s history and heritage.

• Refers to a biological or genetic transformation of individuals

• Immediate replacement of one culture by another without interaction or adaptation

Blood Libel:

• Claims that Jewish group members murder Christian children as religious ritual practice.

• A medical term for a rare blood disease

• A cultural tradition involving rituals of blood sacrifice.

• A legal practice in which crimes are judged based on evidence of blood

Forced Emigration:

• Coerced movement AWAY from one's home country or region

• Coerced movement INTO from one's home country or region

• 
  A financial system in which money is transferred abroad

• The process of adapting to a new culture or society

What is the Mein Kampf?

Kristallnacht:

• Violent attacks on Jewish people and property during Nov. 9-10, 1938

• Violent attacks on the people of Germany

• Enslavement of Jewish people

• German winter festival celebrating the beauty of crystal and glass through parades and decorations

The Nuremberg Laws are laws defining race and racial purity.

• True
• False

What are Pogroms?

Social Darwinism:

• Application of evolutionary theory to sociology and politics

• Branch of biology that studies how animals cooperate to build societies

• A political system where governments are chosen through survival games or physical contests

• A movement advocating for equality and mutual support among all social classes.

Untermenschen:

• Sub-Human, usually applied on non-Aryans

• Superior humans

• German workers