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The Holocaust/WWII

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Genocide is: 
a)
Another name for the Holocaust 
b)
The Night of the Broken Glass 
c)
The deliberate and systematic destruction of a race, ethnic, cultural, or religious group
d)
The idea that one race is superior to other races. 
2.
Who were the German state secret police?
a)
Nazis
b)
Germans
c)
The Gestapo
d)
Hitler's Army
3.

Death Camps were

a)

areas in major cities where Jews were forced to move.

b)

a type of concentration camp where prisoners were sent to do work for the government.

c)

a type of concentration camp in which the prisoners were sent to be executed.

d)

a type of concentration camp where prisoners of World War II were placed.

4.

Opposition and discrimination that is targeted against Jews is known as:

a)

Anti- semitism

b)

Holocaust

c)

Anti-Jewish

d)

Prejudice

e)

All of the above

5.

The Nazis dehumanized the Jews because they viewed the Jews as an undesirable, worthless racial group that was responsible for communism, capitalism, liberalism, socialism, and revolution.

a)

True

b)

False

6.
What is this?
a)
Star of David
b)
Symbol representing helpful people.
c)
Tattoo all Jewish people
were given
d)
good luck charm
7.
What was the time period of the Holocaust?
a)
1933 - 1945
b)
1910 - 1915
c)
Early 1800's
d)
1989 - 1994
8.
Blond haired, blue-eyed people typified the Nazi ideal of the “master race.”  What were these people called? 
a)
Slavic
b)
Roman
c)
Aryan
d)
Latino
9.
How are dictators able  to rise to power after countries suffer hardships? 
a)
People want strong leaders to solve their problems.
b)
Dictators promise freedom. 
c)
Dictators allow everyone to vote. 
d)
Dictators promise to end fascism.
10.
In which WWII event did Japan use the strategy of surprise attack to bomb the United States? 
a)
D-Day on the shores of France
b)
Pearl Harbor
c)
Invasion of Poland
d)
V-E Day
11.
Which countries belonged to the Axis Powers?
a)
U.S., Italy, and Great Britain
b)
U.S., Great Britain, and France
c)
Germany, Italy, and Japan
d)
Germany, France, and Japan
12.

Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo had a political philosophy where dictators practiced extreme nationalism and tolerated no opposition by their citizens. This is called

a)

anti-semitsm

b)

fascism

c)

aryan-supremacy

d)

dictatorship

13.

Which was the largest ghetto

a)

Berlin

b)

Helsinki

c)

Warsaw

d)

Prague

14.

Which Treaty ended WWI?

a)

The Treaty of Paris

b)

The WWI Treaty

c)

The Copenhagen Treaty

d)

The Treaty of Versailles

15.

All Concentration Camps were Death Camps

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Being Jewish is considered a

a)

Religious association

b)

Ethnicity

c)

Class

d)

Gender

17.

Which answer fits the process that the Germans used to persecute and annihilate the Jews?

a)

Laws and Restrictions then concentration camps

b)

Straight into concentration camps

c)

Laws and Restrictions, ghettos, then concentration camps

d)

ghettos then concentration camps

18.

What new country was formed after WWI and was invaded by Hitler to start WWII?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Russia

d)

Poland

19.

What was the name of the trials that were held in the wake of WWII?

a)

The Nazi Trials

b)

The Nuremberg Trials

c)

The United Nations Trials

d)

The Berlin Trials

20.

Nazis that were tried in court after WWII were being accused of what crime?

a)

Crimes against humanity

b)

Crimes against the Jewish

c)

Crimes against Europe

d)

Disturbing the peace