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WorksheetsAtrocities of World War II
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
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1.
What does the term genocide mean?
a)
the killing of all the pets in a country
b)
The murder of all the children in a country
c)
The murder of a particular gender of people like all the males
d)
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
2.
Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called
a)
apartments
b)
projects
c)
ghettos
d)
government housing
3.
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
4.
The Holocaust occurred during which war?
a)
World War I
b)
Civil War
c)
World War II
d)
Cold War
5.
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
6.
The Holocaust was Hitler's "Final Solution" to exterminate which race of people?
a)
Aryans
b)
Jews
c)
Russians
d)
Slavs
7.
Nazis believed Germans were racially superior and Jews were ______ .
a)
prejudiced
b)
unkind
c)
inferior
d)
respected
8.
biased or misleading information used to promote a particular political cause or point of view
a)
genocide
b)
ethnicity
c)
propaganda
d)
extermination
9.
The scientists were scared of the damage the bomb created
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Why did the United States decide to drop the bomb rather than invade Japan with soldiers?
a)
wanted to see if the bomb worked
b)
did not think they could defeat the Japanese
c)
did not have the soldiers or weapons left to attack Japan
d)
They estimated that 500,000 to 1 million Allied soldiers would die in an invasion
11.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the 2 cities bombed with the Atomic bomb?
a)
True
b)
False
12.
What were the names of both bombs?
a)
Young boy and Old man
b)
Young man and Old boy
c)
Little boy and Fat man
13.
"The exact figures are unknown, but it is believed that thousands of troops died because of the brutality of their captors, who starved and beat the prisoners, and bayoneted those too weak to walk."
What event is described in the excerpt?
What event is described in the excerpt?
a)
The Holocaust
b)
Battle of Midway
c)
Invasion of Normandy
d)
Bataan Death March
14.
What is the best definition of 'prisoner of war'
a)
a person who has been captured and imprisoned by the enemy in war
b)
military personnel captured and killed during the war
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