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Holocaust Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the annihilation of an entire race of people is called?

a)

Nazi

b)

genocide

c)

alliance

d)

murder

2.

Who was the leader of Germany during World War II and what was his political party?

a)

Benito Mussolini and Nazi

b)

Adolf Hitler and the people for Germany

c)

Benito Mussolini and the people for Germany

d)

Adolf Hitler and Nazi

3.

The name of the laws, passed in Germany in the 1930's, that placed restrictions on Jews?

a)

Anti-Semitic Laws

b)

Nuremberg Laws

c)

Kristallnacht

d)

Concentration camps

4.

What were extermination camps?

a)

Over crowded camps where people waited to go to concentration camps

b)

Concentration camp

c)

Forced labor camp

d)

Death camps

5.

What were concentration camps?

a)

Forced labor camp

b)

Death camp

c)

Over crowded camps where people waited to go to concentration camps

d)

Extermination camp

6.

How many Jews were killed during the Holocaust?

a)

3,000,000

b)

6,000,000

c)

9,000,000

d)

11,000,000

7.

How many people of other races were killed during the Holocaust?

a)

3,000,000

b)

5,000,000

c)

6,000,000

d)

11,000,000

8.

What is propaganda?

a)

Telling people misleading information to get them to believe what you want them to believe.

b)

Your favorite song on the radio.

c)

Spreading cultural beliefs from one group to another.

d)

The systematic killing of a group of people.

9.

Hitler’s largest extermination center in Poland was...

a)

Auschwitz

b)

ghetto

c)

Sobibor

d)

“Final Solution”

10.

The victims of the Holocaust included large numbers of...

a)

ethnic Germans.

b)

Italians.

c)

Japanese.

d)

European Jews.

11.

Hatred against Jews is known as

a)

Anti-Semitic

b)

Communism

c)

Judaism

d)

Autocracy

12.
What was a concentration camp?
a)
a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned 
b)
A place where prisoners of war are placed
c)
A camp where people go to do work for the government
d)
A camp for students that have a hard time focusing on school
13.
What did Jewish people in Nazi controlled areas have to wear to identify them as Jews?
a)
a yellow star of David
b)
a sign that said Jew
c)
Black clothes
d)
A yellow cross
14.
Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called
a)
apartments
b)
projects
c)
ghettos
d)
government housing
15.
The Nuremberg Trials after WWII established what idea?
a)
Soldiers cannot be punished if they are following orders
b)
There are no rules about treatment of civilians during a war
c)
Individuals can be held responsible for war crimes
d)
Totalitarian governments are illegal except in times of war
16.

These are examples of the Nuremberg Laws.

-Jews forbidden to marry non-Jews

-Jews must wear a yellow Star of David at all times

-Jewish doctors can not treat non-Jews

What was the purpose of laws such as these?

a)
To protect Jews from being harassed by other religious groups
b)
To encourage Jews to leave Germany and settle elsewhere
c)
To protect the Jewish population from the economic problems faced by the rest of Germany
d)
To promote hatred of the Jewish population and make it easier to control them
17.
On the evening of November 9, 1938, 250 Jewish synagogues were burned, Jewish businesses destroyed, and many Jewish people killed.  This event was known as _____.
a)
Holocaust
b)
Kristallnacht
c)
Anti-semitism
d)
Ghetto
18.

What was the name of the place that Nazi leaders discussed the Final Solution?

a)

The Wansee Conference

b)

The Berlin Conference

c)

The Nazi Conference

d)

The Jewish Accords

19.

Josef Mengele was also known as

a)

The duke

b)

The angel of death

c)

The cops

d)

The renegade

20.

What book did Hitler write where he said he wanted to rid Germany of the Jews?

a)

His Journal

b)

The Third Reich

c)

Buch von Adolf

d)

Mein Kampf

e)

Wellenlager

21.
Lightning war; type of fast moving warfare that the Nazis utilized during WWII
a)
Appeasement
b)
Kamikaze
c)
Thunder War
d)
Blitzkreig
22.
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
23.

Who was the German Minister of Propaganda?

a)

Wilhelm Frick

b)

Joseph Goebbels

c)

Heinrich Himmler

d)

Oscar Schindler

24.

What treaty did Hitler and the Germans violate by invading Poland?

a)

Nuremberg Law

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Treaty of Verdun

25.

What did General Eisenhower use to expose the world to the atrocities carries out in the Holocaust?

a)

Photographs

b)

Radio broadcasts

c)

Nazi testimonials

d)

Hitler's diary

26.

What country was created for the Jews following the Holocaust?

a)

West Germany

b)

East Germany

c)

Jewcanda

d)

Israel/ Palenstine

27.

Where did most Jews want to go after being liberated or rescued from the camps?

a)

Germany

b)

Anywhere but Germany

c)

France

d)

The United States of America

28.

The annexation of Austria by Germany without any bloodshed was called ____________.

a)

Blitkieg

b)

Lightening War

c)

Anchluss

d)

Wannsee

29.

Why did the Nazis start the death marches?

a)

To try and cover up their crimes

b)

To beat the world record for genocide

c)

To escape from the warfront

d)

To torture their prisoners for no reason

30.

Which camp was seen as the "model camp"?

a)

Dachau

b)

Theresienstadt (Terezin)

c)

Auschwitz

d)

Nuremberg