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WorksheetsNuremburg Trials
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the name of the city that tried the war criminals for their killing of Jews in WWII?
a)
Strausburg
b)
Anacostia
c)
Nuremberg
d)
Ocean City
2.
Cases held 1945-1949 to prosecute Nazi leaders and members for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
a)
Hideki Tojo
b)
Nuremberg Laws
c)
Final Solution
d)
Nuremberg Trials
3.
Hermann Goering was
a)
Commander of the Luftwaffe
b)
President of the Reichstag
c)
Hitler's designated successor
d)
All of the above
4.
How did Hermann Goering die?
a)
committed suicide by swallowing potassium cyanide
b)
in a prison cell
c)
hung with the other 11 defendants sentenced to death
d)
he was acquitted and died of old age
5.
Hermann Goering claimed that he and Hitler were unaware of many of the killings in the concentration camps.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Every Nazi leader and official indicted was found guilty and given a death sentence.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Where was Hermann Goering arrested?
a)
Berlin, Germany
b)
Salzburg, Austria
c)
Normandy, France
d)
Warsaw, Poland
8.
Hermann Goering known as Hitler's "wing man."
a)
True
b)
False
9.
What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials?
a)
To hold top Nazi officials accountable for the atrocities of the Holocaust
b)
To try the Japanese for attacking Pearl Harbor
c)
To put Hitler on trial for breaking the Munich Pact
d)
To try Soviets for war crimes
10.
How many of the 22 Nazi leaders initially indicted were sentenced to execution by hanging?
a)
0
b)
12
c)
20
d)
all 22
11.
Some Nazi leaders escaped to South America and escaped punishment for their actions.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
What were the four countries that made up the Nuremberg Tribunal?
a)
Great Britain, France, United States and Russia
b)
China, United States, Australia, and Africa
c)
United States, Jamaica, China, and Japan
d)
Africa, China, Japan, and Antartica
13.
What is genocide?
a)
The killing of criminals.
b)
The systematic killing of members of an ethnic or religious group
c)
A poison used to kill oneself.
d)
The killing of bugs and other pests.
14.
Which was NOT a significant influence of the Nuremberg Trials ?
a)
They set the precedent that leaders can be held accountable for crimes against humanity in an international criminal court.
b)
It led to the defining of international laws regarding warfare and human rights.
c)
It established that the protection of human rights, and providing a shield against genocide, is an international affair.
d)
They allowed Germany to make peace with the events of the Holocaust.
15.
The Nazi leaders received a fair, impartial judicial process.
a)
True
b)
False
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