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The Holocaust

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the mass killing of Jews called?
a)
holocaust
b)
propaganda
c)
slaughtered
d)
systematically
2.
What was the "Final Solution"? 
a)
Hitler's plan to murder all Jews in Europe
b)
The end product of any math problem
c)
A separate homeland for Jews in Palestine
d)
Hitler's plan to get elected
3.
What is a concentration camp?
a)
A camp for thinking
b)
Prison for people who were part of minorities
c)
A high school 
d)
Jail for Nazis
4.
Auschwitz is _
a)
a German military base.
b)
concentration/death camp.
c)
A synagogue 
d)
Jewish Church
5.

Hitler not only ordered 6 million Jews killed, but also the _________________, elderly, homosexuals and gypsies.

a)

sick

b)

handicapped

c)

dwarfs

d)

Dutch

6.
What race did the Nazi's proclaim as the "master race"?
a)
Americans
b)
Japanese
c)
Aryan
d)
Japanese
7.
Which term means prejudice against or hatred of Jews?
a)
Semitism
b)
Anti-semitism
c)
ghetto 
d)
Holocaust
8.
Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called
a)
apartments
b)
projects
c)
ghettos
d)
government housing
9.
Which of the following best describes the “final solution?” 
a)
The implementation of the Balfour Declaration.
b)
The Nazi desire for complete destruction of the Jews.
c)
The conscription of German males into the military.
d)
The Jewish desire for a homeland within Germany.
10.

The Nuremberg Laws

a)

separated Jews from German society

b)

said Jews couldn't marry non-Jews

c)

said Jews couldn't own businesses

d)

all of the above

11.

Hitler told Germans that jews were lower and less ____________than they were.

a)

German

b)

important

c)

European

d)

intelligent

12.
How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?
a)
1 million
b)
6 million
c)
100'000
d)
60 million
13.

Main Idea: Many Jews were sent to concentration and extermination camps.

What were concentration camps?

a)

like prison camps where Jews were murdered

b)

special neighborhoods where Jews were forced to move to within cities

c)

labor camps where Jews were forced to work for lower wages

d)

detention centers where Jews and others worked as slave laborers

14.

Main Idea: Many Jews were sent to concentration and extermination camps.

What were extermination camps?

a)

detention centers where Jews and others were sent in large numbers to be murdered

b)

labor/work camps

c)

detention centers where Jews and others worked as slave laborers

d)

part of every concentration camp

15.

Nazi persecution of Jews developed over time. Put the following statements in order according to when they took place in the development. Start with 1 as the first event and 5 will be the last.

Kristallnacht

Extermination Camps

Gradual loss of freedoms--including freedom of movement and property rights

Being forced into concentration camps

Being forced into ghettos

(a)