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Week 16 - Holocaust

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select TWO examples of the significance of the paperclip and the Holocaust.

a)

Adolf Hitler thought it was the Jews’ fault Germany lost World War I.

b)

Paperclips were worn by the Norwegians to protest the Nazis.

c)

The paperclip is a device used to hold sheets of paper together.

d)

After the Holocaust, a group of students collected paperclips to symbolize the lives lost during the Holocaust.

2.

Why did Hitler want to get rid of all of the Jews? Select all that apply.

a)

The Holocaust took place during WWII.

b)

Hitler wanted to create a race of “perfect” people.

c)

Hitler blamed the Jews for Germany's loss in WWI.

d)

Mein Kampf explained that Hitler believed the Aryan race was superior.

e)

Hitler had bad experiences with Jewish classmates growing up.

3.

Which word comes from a Greek word that means, “sacrifice by fire” and the Hebrew word, Shoah, which means destruction?

a)

Swastika

b)

Crematorium

c)

Holocaust

d)

Synagoge

4.

The book Night was the most famous book from which author?

a)

Theodor Geisel

b)

Elie Wiesel

c)

Ellie Kate

d)

Adolf Hitler

5.

What did the Nazis call the “final solution to the Jewish question?"

a)

The Holocaust

b)

World War II

c)

Auschwitz

d)

Copenhagen

6.

What was "Ida's Diary?"

a)

a survivor's first-hand account of a WWII attack

b)

a fictional account of the bombing of Pearl Harbor

c)

a nonfiction account of a Jewish girl during the Holocaust

d)

a fictional account of a Jewish girl during the Holocaust

7.

What is NOT an example of prejudice?

a)

mistreatment of American Indians

b)

slavery

c)

distrust of immigrants

d)

suffrage

8.

In what city in Tennessee will you find the Children's Holocaust Museum where they collect paperclips?

a)

Nashville

b)

New Orleans

c)

Whitwell

d)

Memphis

9.

Who died in a concentration camp because he went with orphans to be by their side and comfort them?

a)

Janusz Korczak

b)

Elie Wiesel

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

Ann Frank

10.

Why is it good to learn about the Holocaust?

a)

To be sure we learn that hatred is terrible, and we should treat others fairly

b)

To be sure we understand that the Holocaust was a necessary part of history

c)

To make better movies about WWII

d)

To be sure we learn that hatred is terrible, and we should treat others with prejudice