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WorksheetsHolocaust Review with Silver Lining
Total questions: 133
Worksheet time: 2hrs 51mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What ghetto did Irena Sendler grow up near?
a)
Krakow
b)
Warsaw
c)
Ludwig
d)
Danzig
2.
What individual had the biggest impact on Sendler's life?
a)
Mother
b)
Grandfather
c)
Son
d)
Father
3.
How many Jewish children did Sendler smuggle
a)
250
b)
2,500
c)
25,000
d)
25
4.
What job did Sendler have that enabled her to enter the Warsaw ghetto?
a)
Nurse
b)
Social worker
c)
Postal worker
d)
Doctor
5.
Irena Sendler provided each child she hid with a new identity..
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Irena Sender used one major location to hide the children.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
How many people helped Sendler hide the children?
a)
2
b)
25
c)
10
d)
2500
8.
What animal did Sendler use to alert her of the Nazi's?
a)
frog
b)
dog
c)
cat
d)
cow
9.
The Nazi's tortured Sendler to try to get her to talk.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
What group was Sendler part of?
a)
Begota
b)
Zegota
c)
Irish Rose
d)
Schindler's List
11.
Who did Frank Foley work for? Think Tom Cruise....
a)
MIB
b)
MI6
c)
CIA
d)
FBA
12.
How many Jews did Foley save?
a)
100
b)
2,000
c)
10,000
d)
100,000
13.
What did Foley use to help Jews leave the Germany occupied areas?
a)
visas
b)
birth certificates
c)
passports
d)
tickets
14.
What war did Foley fight in prior to WWII?
a)
French and Indian
b)
American Revolution
c)
Vietnam
d)
WWI
15.
Similar to Oscar Schindler, Foley was recognized as "righteous among the Jews" in 1999.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Foley's nickname was......
a)
British baker
b)
British Schindler
c)
British Mate
d)
The Original David Beckham
17.
How many lives did Sugihara save?
a)
He didn't
b)
60
c)
6,000
d)
1,000
18.
Sugihara was a great man and saved the_________most people of the individuals we have studied.
a)
first
b)
second
c)
third
d)
fourth
19.
There has not been a film made about Sugihara...
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Sugihara was finally fired by the Japanese government
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Similar to other figures, Sugihara created_______to help Jews escape the Nazi's
a)
postcards
b)
visas
c)
passports
d)
greeting cards
22.
What other language did Sugihara speak?
a)
French
b)
Russian
c)
Chinese
d)
Mandarin
23.
Over 40,000 people are alive today because of Sugihara.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Sugihara produced around_________visas a day.
a)
300
b)
500
c)
1000
25.
"I was neither a Fascist nor Anti-Fascist, but I was anti-Nazi"
a)
Sendler
b)
Perlasca
c)
Foley
d)
Wallenburg
26.
What famous figure did Perlasca work with during the Holocaust?
a)
Foley
b)
Sendler
c)
Wallenberg
d)
Sugihara
27.
What other "fight" did Perlasca take on?
a)
equality for women
b)
voting rights
c)
freedom in Italy
28.
Perlasca was a __________diplomat
a)
Russian
b)
Japanese
c)
Spanish
d)
American
29.
What religion influenced Perlasca?
a)
Catholic
b)
Protestant
c)
Mormon
d)
Buddhist
30.
Using your power to frighten other countries
a)
Militarism
b)
Imperialism
c)
alliances
d)
stockpiling
31.
Banding together with friends to protect each other
a)
Militarism
b)
alliances
c)
stockpiling
d)
nationalism
32.
Taking over smaller countries to gain power and wealth
a)
militarism
b)
imperialism
c)
stockpiling
d)
nationalism
33.
Strong sense of pride in ethnic background
a)
Militarism
b)
alliances
c)
stockpiling
d)
nationalism
34.
Gathering supplies to frighten enemies
a)
Militarism
b)
alliances
c)
stockpiling
d)
nationalism
35.
What document ended WWI?
a)
Paris
b)
Versailles
c)
Peace in the world
d)
Litigation
36.
Germany received harsh_____________for being the aggressor in WWI.
a)
fines
b)
amnesty
c)
freedom
d)
anarchies
37.
Versailles took away much of Germany's______________.
a)
citizenship
b)
pride
c)
military
d)
trading
38.
What one industry benefited from the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
Military
b)
ship building
c)
planes
d)
automobile
39.
What world event made the conditions in post war Germany worse?
a)
Great Recession
b)
Cold War
c)
Great Depression
d)
WWII
40.
The Great Depression was caused by the_____________________.
a)
WWII
b)
Stock Market Crash
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
Vietnam War
41.
Anti______________is widespread discrimination against the Jewish population
a)
Semotism
b)
Semitism
c)
discrimination
d)
Jewish
42.
Anti-Semitism started in_______________.
a)
WWI
b)
Biblical times
c)
WWII
d)
After the Great Depression
43.
Hitler blamed Jews and_______________for costing Germany the war.
a)
Gypsies
b)
Communists
c)
Socialists
d)
Politicians
44.
Hitler wrote_____________in prison
a)
Mein Kampf
b)
My thoughts
c)
My persecution
d)
Germany's plan
45.
Hitler tried on________separate occasions to get into art school.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
46.
Adolph Hitler helped create the________party
a)
Nazi
b)
Communists
c)
Green
d)
Union
47.
After Hitler's release from prison, the numbers of the Nazi ____________significantly.
a)
reduced
b)
increased
48.
______________is used to sway opinion or beliefs.
a)
Pogrom
b)
Politics
c)
Propaganda
d)
Police
49.
Examples of propaganda are speeches, newspapers, and_______________.
a)
television
b)
internet
c)
radio
d)
focus groups
50.
Most of the propaganda in Germany was focused on the___________population.
a)
Communist
b)
Gypsie
c)
Socialist
d)
Jewish
51.
Under the Nuremberg Laws Jews could marry non-Jews
a)
True
b)
False
52.
Most Jewish kids were still allowed to attend school under the Nuremberg Laws.
a)
True
b)
False
53.
What symbol was created because of the Nuremberg Laws?
a)
Star of David
b)
Swastika
c)
Nuremberg
d)
Versailles
54.
Jews were separated and placed into __________after the creation of the Nuremberg Laws.
a)
camps
b)
ghettos
c)
concentration camps
d)
work camps
55.
Vom Rath was killed by Herschel_____________.
a)
Princip
b)
Himmler
c)
Gyznapan
d)
Walker
56.
Kristallnacht happened over_______days in Germany.
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
four
57.
Jewish business owners were __________after Kristallnacht for the damages to their own property.
a)
imprisoned
b)
fined
c)
jailed
d)
exiled
58.
What event is considered the spark of the Holocaust?
a)
Versailles
b)
Great Depression
c)
Anti-Semitism
d)
Kristallnacht
59.
What historical global event helped the rise of Hitler?
a)
Great Depression
b)
End of WWII
c)
Sinking of Lusitania
d)
Imprisonment of Hiter
60.
Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany.
a)
True
b)
False
61.
Hitler changed the______________to ensure he could keep power.
a)
constitution
b)
government
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
Appeasement
62.
Adolf Hitler grew up in______________
a)
Germany
b)
Austria
c)
Poland
d)
England
63.
Most of the major concentration camps were located in___________
a)
Poland
b)
Austria
c)
Germany
d)
France
64.
Hitler met with other Nazi officials at____________in 1942 to outline his new plan for the Jews.
a)
Nuremberg
b)
Wannsee
c)
Krakow
d)
Warsaw
65.
____________was the largest ghetto located in Poland
a)
Warsaw
b)
Krakow
c)
Danzig
d)
Lepzig
66.
Nuremberg originally outlined the creation of large concentration camps.
a)
True
b)
False
67.
Hitler's minister of propaganda.
a)
Goebells
b)
Himmler
c)
Mengele
68.
In Hitler's Germany many literature books were outlawed.
a)
True
b)
False
69.
Herschel Grynzapan was upset over his parents treatment in France.
a)
True
b)
False
70.
The breakout of the Great Depression in the US had little effect on post war Germany
a)
True
b)
False
71.
Hitler had a good relationship with his mother growing up.
a)
True
b)
False
72.
Auschwitz and other large death camps were built or expanded after__________________
a)
Wannsee
b)
Kristallnacht
c)
Lepzig
d)
Nuremberg
73.
"If you say a lie often enough, eventually most people will begin to believe it."
a)
Himmler
b)
Mengele
c)
Hitler
d)
Stern
74.
Mr. Stern was hired to perform this job for Schindler.
a)
teacher
b)
barber
c)
train conductor
d)
accountant
75.
What was made in Schindler's first factory?
a)
enamel pots and pans
b)
weapons
c)
clothing
d)
cigars
76.
What job were the ten healthy women being interviewed for?
a)
maids
b)
nurses
c)
dancers
d)
secretary
77.
Who was seen several times giving money as a bribe to get chocolate, nylons, alcohol and sardines?
a)
Ben
b)
Amon
c)
Helen
d)
Oskar
78.
The machinist was so grateful to Schindler for the job he had especially because he ...
a)
could not see
b)
only had one arm
c)
could not hear
d)
could not re
79.
Jews would hide valuable items in bread and swallow it when the SS were coming to get them.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
No way
d)
They had no valuables
80.
The young boy accused the other boy that was shot of stealing a chicken in order to stay alive.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Not a chicken a dog
d)
Both boys were shot
81.
The walkway to Plaszow was made out of headstones.
a)
True
b)
False
82.
Who was arrested for kissing Jewish girls?
a)
Oskar
b)
Stern
c)
Amon
d)
Hitler
83.
Amon Goeth was ordered to burn over____ bodies because his camp was being closed.
a)
one million
b)
one hundred
c)
10,000
d)
1000
84.
Oskar's new factory would make all different types of .....
a)
fast food
b)
military clothing
c)
artillery shells
d)
eyeglasses
85.
The train with the women ended up at _____ which was the worst camp of all.
a)
Brinlitz
b)
Vienna
c)
Auschwitz
d)
Treblinka
86.
The women were placed in a chamber for disinfecting and ___ was sprayed on them.
a)
water
b)
dirt
c)
gasoline
d)
raid
87.
When Oskar told the guards that the war was over what happened?
a)
Everyone cheered loudly
b)
People began to cry
c)
The soldiers left
d)
The workers ran away
88.
"Whoever saves one life, save the world ______"
a)
entire
b)
too
c)
forever
d)
a loss
89.
The Nuremberg laws discriminated against ________________.
a)
Germans
b)
Socialists
c)
Communists
d)
Austrians
90.
The Nuremberg Laws were a show of___________by the German government.
a)
force
b)
sympathy
c)
representation
91.
Who shot Vom Rath?
a)
Princip
b)
Booth
c)
Oswald
d)
Grynszpan
92.
Vom Rath was shot in the city of___________.
a)
London
b)
Berlin
c)
Paris
d)
Versailles
93.
__________of broken glass happened after the assassination of Vom Rath.
a)
day
b)
night
c)
window
d)
morning
94.
The largest Jewish ghetto was located in___________Poland.
a)
Krakow
b)
Dusseldorf
c)
Amsterdam
d)
Warsaw
95.
Ghettos were used by the Germans to house workers and______________prisoners.
a)
war
b)
political
c)
thought
d)
propaganda
96.
Before being placed in ghettos, Jews were asked to forfeit all items of______________to the German military.
a)
violence
b)
value
c)
danger
d)
reliance
97.
What country did Hitler not invade?
a)
Austria
b)
Czsechslovakia
c)
Sweden
d)
Poland
98.
Hitler wanted to rearm the_______________.
a)
Anschluss
b)
Rhineland
c)
Maginot
d)
Krakow
99.
The Treaty of Versailles put numerous restrictions on the German_______________.
a)
military
b)
laws
c)
prime minister
d)
chancellor
100.
Most prisoners were transported in__________cars.
a)
passenger
b)
rail
c)
transporation
d)
driven
101.
_________million Jews were killed in the Holocaust.
a)
4
b)
6
c)
2
d)
11
102.
Jewish ghettos were created all through the German occupied territories and lasted from as little a a few days to many__________.
a)
weeks
b)
months
c)
years
d)
decades
103.
Where did Hitler spend his early years?
a)
Vienna
b)
Berlin
c)
Paris
d)
Krakow
104.
By the end of the Holocaust, what was the ratio of European Jews that perished?
a)
1 of 3
b)
2 out of 3
c)
4 of 5
d)
6 of 3
105.
__________ghettos allowed for easier movement for the Jews living there.
a)
closed
b)
destructive
c)
open
d)
walled
106.
Over the span of WWII, over 1000 Jewish ghettos were created.
a)
True
b)
False
107.
How many meals a day did Jewish workers get at the beginning of the work camp system.
a)
1
b)
0
c)
4
d)
3
108.
How many Jews were living in the Warsaw ghetto at the height of its activity
a)
200,000
b)
400,000
c)
1,000,000
d)
50,000
109.
______________was the term used to describe groups that actively tried to take down the Nazi's.
a)
Kristallnacht
b)
Wannassee
c)
Widerstand
110.
Half of all Germans were_______________.
a)
Catholic
b)
Protestant
c)
Buddhist
d)
Sikh
111.
Why were children a common target of the Nazi programs?
a)
Eugenics
b)
lineage
c)
pedigree
112.
Typhoid and_______________where two common disease spread throughout the camps.
a)
Tuberculosis
b)
Cancer
c)
Influenza
d)
Common cold
113.
Children were often treated the same as adults during the Holocaust.
a)
True
b)
False
114.
Kids often used hiding places to avoid Nazi capture.
a)
True
b)
False
115.
The people of France, Italy, and Belgium helped hid children during the Holocaust.
a)
True
b)
False
116.
Children were treated differently if they were born in the concentration camps.
a)
True
b)
False
117.
Children in ghettos often were not affected by starvation and lack of supplies.
a)
True
b)
False
118.
Children were often taught in school that the Jews were not an inferior race.
a)
True
b)
False
119.
Teacher's encouraged children to act aggressively towards their Jewish classmates.
a)
True
b)
False
120.
The Nazi's tried to make the journey to the camps comfortable to confuse the Jewish prisoners.
a)
True
b)
False
121.
How many extermination camps were there?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
6
d)
8
122.
Each barrack held about_______________prisoners.
a)
300
b)
700
c)
200
d)
2000
123.
The journey to the various camps could last days to_________, depending on where the prisoners was from.
a)
hours
b)
weeks
c)
months
d)
years
124.
During the early years of the camps, most prisoners died from simple_____________.
a)
executions
b)
mistreatment
c)
chambers
d)
Eintzsagruppen
125.
Usually_______prisoners shared a bunk.
a)
5
b)
2
c)
1
d)
10
126.
Prisoners lived in_________________.
a)
barracks
b)
blocks
c)
exterior camps
d)
walled complexes
127.
The gas chambers could also be used as__________________.
a)
barracks
b)
showers
c)
living quarters
128.
What group tried to convince Hitler to stop the murder of the Jews?
a)
Catholic church
b)
Protestant church
c)
Baptist Church
d)
Buddhists
129.
Prisoners in work camps usually worked ___-12 hours a day.
a)
6
b)
10
c)
5
d)
8
130.
Watery starch was the most common meal in the camps.
a)
True
b)
False
131.
Approximately_________people died in Auschwitz.
a)
100,000
b)
1,100,000
c)
5,000,000
d)
2,000,000
132.
The death camp Treblinka actually killed more people than Auschwitz.
a)
True
b)
False
133.
What ghetto did Irena Sendler grow up near?
a)
Krakow
b)
Warsaw
c)
Ludwig
d)
Danzig
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