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WorksheetsIntroduction to the Holocaust
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the word Holocaust mean?
a)
sacrifice by fire
b)
love for everyone
2.
What was the name of Hitler's special guards who later became concentration camp guards?
a)
SS
b)
Police
c)
Jews
d)
Guards of Auswitz
3.
What does the word antisemitism mean?
a)
prejudice against or hatred of Jews
b)
prejudice against or hatred of Germans
c)
anti-Christ
d)
prejudice against or hatred of Americans
4.
What was the name of the largest killing center?
a)
Auschwitz-Birkenau
b)
Sobibor
c)
Majnadek
d)
Treblinka
5.
About how many million Jews were murdered in the killing centers?
a)
2.7
b)
1
c)
5
d)
8
6.
Where and when did the first official concentration camp open?
a)
Dachau in 1933
b)
Auschwitz in 1931
c)
Buna in 1945
d)
Birkenau in 1933
7.
Who was the doctor who was notorious for so-called medical experiments performed on prisoners of the concentration camps?
a)
Josef Mengele
b)
Musulman
c)
Rosh Hashana
d)
Miklos Horthy
8.
What happened to Hitler at the end of the Holocaust?
a)
He committed suicide.
b)
He was killed by the SS.
c)
He was killed by the Jewish army.
d)
He was killed by American troops.
9.
Jews were the only group who were targeted by the Nazis.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
How many concentration camps did the Germans build and operate between 1941 and 1945?
a)
2
b)
20
c)
11
d)
40
11.
The Holocaust occurred during which war?
a)
World War I
b)
Civil War
c)
World War II
d)
Cold War
12.
What race did the Nazi's proclaim as the "master race"?
a)
Americans
b)
Japanese
c)
Aryan
d)
Japanese
13.
Which term means prejudice against or hatred of Jews?
a)
Semitism
b)
Anti-semitism
c)
ghetto
d)
Holocaust
14.
Which statement about ghettos is not correct?
a)
Many families lived together in one small apartment.
b)
People were always hungry.
c)
The residents of the ghetto were free to come and go as they pleased.
d)
Living conditions were unsanitary.
15.
Hitler's plan to systematically kill are Jews was called ____ .
a)
Night of Broken Glass
b)
Kristallnacht
c)
The Final Solution
d)
Holocaust
16.
How were the Jews transported to the different camps?
a)
Cattlecars
b)
Taxis
c)
Police vans
d)
Horse & buggy
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