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Unit 6: Genocide

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The two major ethnic groups in Rwanda are:

a)

Hera and Tari

b)

Hutu and Tari

c)

Hutu and Tulsi

d)

Hutu and Tutsi

2.

The Rwandan genocide took place in:

a)

1991

b)

1998

c)

1992

d)

1994

3.

genocide

a)

the negotiations and discussions carried out in handling affairs without arousing hostility

b)

Widespread murder and other acts committed by governments or other groups with the intent to destroy— in whole or in part—a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group.

c)

The act or process of approving and sanctioning formally

d)

the interaction of countries and how they cooperate to resolve issues among themselves

4.
Treatment of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War I and the Serb treatment of Muslims in Yugoslavia in the 1990s both provide examples of-
a)
Coalition rule
b)
Universal rule
c)
Liberation theology
d)
Attempted genocide 
5.

A genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered some six million European Jews, around two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe, between 1941 and 1945.

a)

The Holocaust

b)

The Rape of Nanjing

c)

Ethnic Cleansing of Germany

d)

The Armenian Genocide

6.

The Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews.

a)

The Final Solution

b)

The Wannsee Conference

c)

Kristallnacht

d)

Occupation

7.
What race did the Nazi's proclaim as the "master race"?
a)
Americans
b)
Japanese
c)
Aryan
d)
Japanese
8.
What does the term "Final Solution" mean?
a)
Germany's plan to send all the Jews to Israel
b)
Hitler's plan to commit suicide
c)
Hitler's plan to kill all the Jews in Germany
d)
Hitler's plan to move all Jews to the U.S.
9.
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
10.
Hostility to or prejudice against Jews is known as
a)
Pro-Judaism
b)
Anti-Judaism
c)
Anti-Jewishism
d)
Anti-Semitism
11.
Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called
a)
apartments
b)
projects
c)
ghettos
d)
government housing
12.
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
13.
The Holocaust occurred during which war?
a)
World War I
b)
Civil War
c)
World War II
d)
Cold War
14.
The Kristalnacht ("Night of Broken Glass") resulted in all of the following except
a)
synagogues burned
b)
Jewish businesses destroyed
c)
Jewish children expelled from schools
d)
perpetrators were prosecuted
15.
Which leader is responsible for the killing of six million Jews during the Holocaust?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Vladimir Lenin
c)
Adolph Hitler
d)
Otto von Bismarck
16.
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.
17.
What was the effect of the Nuremberg laws on Jews living in Germany? 
a)
Jews were forced to marry non-Jews.
b)
Jews were ordered to adopt German sounding names.
c)
Jews were granted equal rights and freedom from persecution.
d)
Jews were stripped of their German citizenship and right to vote
18.
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
19.
The infamous doctor at Auschwitz, the "Angel of Death"
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Artur Axmann
c)
Josef Berchtold
d)
Joseph Mengele
20.
What happened September 11, 1938 when Adolf order the Jewish businesses and synagogues to be destroyed?
a)
Lieben
b)
Schmerzhaft
c)
Kristallnacht
d)
Glucklich
21.
Josef Mengele did a majority of his experiments in which concentration camp?
a)
Chelmno
b)
Auschwitz
c)
Treblinka
d)
Sobibor
22.

Also known as Roma, an ethnic minority group that moved in "tribes" from place to place; also persecuted by Nazis

a)

Aryan race

b)

Hitler Youth

c)

Gypsies

d)

Gestapo