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Holocaust

Total questions: 86

Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people

a)

extermination

b)

resistance

c)

anti-Semitism

d)

Aryan

2.

the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially of a particular ethnic group

a)

extermination

b)

genocide

c)

anti-Semitism

d)

boycott

3.

belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition

a)

ethnicity

b)

race

c)

Aryan

d)

refugee

4.

the refusal to accept or comply with something

a)

boycott

b)

genocide

c)

resistance

d)

stubborn

5.

biased or misleading information used to promote a particular political cause or point of view

a)

genocide

b)

ethnicity

c)

propaganda

d)

extermination

6.

an isolated or segregated quarter of a city for Jewish people

a)

ghetto

b)

neighborhood

c)

town

d)

enclosure

7.

to set (someone) free from a situation, especially imprisonment

a)

release

b)

liberate

c)

refugee

d)

ghetto

8.

a person who has been forced to leave their country to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster

a)

emigrate

b)

refugee

c)

liberate

d)

occupy

9.

the Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews

a)

genocide

b)

Final Solution

c)

extermination

d)

annex

10.
How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?
a)
1 million
b)
6 million
c)
100'000
d)
60 million
11.
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
12.
The Holocaust occurred during which war?
a)
World War I
b)
Civil War
c)
World War II
d)
Cold War
13.
How were the Jews transported to the different camps?
a)
Cattlecars
b)
Taxis
c)
Police vans
d)
Horse & buggy
14.
________ __________ is a place of detention  where people were imprisoned often under barbaric conditions
a)
Nazi Party
b)
Displaced persons
c)
Warsaw Ghetto
d)
Concentration Camp
15.
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
16.
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
17.
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.
18.
Nazis believed Germans were racially superior and Jews were ______ .
a)
prejudiced
b)
unkind
c)
inferior
d)
respected
19.

The term holocaust is a Greek word which means

a)

people of the fire

b)

death by power

c)

sacrifice by fire

d)

sacrifice of the many

20.

An organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jews in Russia or eastern Europe.

a)

Pogrom

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Kristallnacht

d)

Einsatzgruppen

21.

April 1, 1933 a nationwide ___________________ of Jewish-owned businesses took place which resulted in people refusing to purchase goods in Jewish businesses.

a)

destruction

b)

boycott

c)

sale

d)

removal

22.

These laws excluded German Jews from Reich citizenship and prohibited them from marrying or having sexual relations with persons of "German or German-related blood."

a)

Jewish Race Laws

b)

The Berlin Laws

c)

The Holocaust Laws

d)

The Nuremberg Laws

23.

In 1937 Jews'passports had to be labeled with what on the front cover?

a)

The Star of David

b)

An "X"with a circle in red.

c)

A large "J"

d)

A stamp that said "Juden" in gold letters.

24.

"The Night of the Broken Glass", The name refers to the wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms which took place on November 9 and 10, 1938.

a)

Einsatzgruppen

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Kristallnacht

d)

Reich-Stag

25.

In places like Auschwitz Jews were killed in

a)

gas chambers.

b)

mobile killing vehicles.

c)

drowning tanks.

d)

small numbers by fire squad.

26.

Which country was NOT part of the Axis Powers?

a)

Italy

b)

Great Britain

c)

Japan

d)

Germany

27.

Blond hair and blue eyes; Hitler's perfect race

a)

Anti-Semitism

b)

Einsatzgruppen

c)

Furher

d)

Aryan Race

28.

The furnace in which bodies were tossed within the camps

a)

crematorium

b)

genocide

c)

gestapo

d)

ghettos

29.

United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain

a)

Einsatzgruppen

b)

Axis Powers

c)

Allied Powers

d)

Aryan Race

30.

A ruthless leader; Hitler's title during the time period

a)

Hitler Youth

b)

Fuhrer

c)

Einsatzgruppen

d)

Aryan Race

31.

Hitler's secret police; rounded up people to send to camps

a)

Hitler Youth

b)

Gypsies

c)

Einsatzgruppen

d)

Gestapo

32.

An organization with the purpose of training young boys to become future Nazi soldiers

a)

Aryan race

b)

Einsatzgruppen

c)

Hitler Youth

d)

Ghettos

33.

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

34.
What is this?
a)
Star of David
b)
Symbol representing helpful people.
c)
Tattoo all Jewish people
were given
d)
good luck charm
35.

"a person who is standing near but not taking part in what is happening"


This is a(n)...

a)

perpetrator.

b)

bystander.

c)

ally.

d)

target.

36.

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

37.

Which BEST explains why Israel became a nation-state in Palestine after 1948?

a)

After the Ottoman empire was dismantled after World War I a new Jewish nation-state was created.

b)

The United Nations decided that Jewish people needed a homeland after six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust.

c)

Palestine was divided into two nation-states to be occupied by the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II.

d)

Fears that Palestine was becoming a communist state led the United States into creating Israel as a democratic country in the Middle East.

38.
The _____________was the ‘army’ of the Nazi Party; overseeing the concentration camps, ghettos, and serving as Hitler’s personal bodyguards.
a)
Einsatzgruppen
b)
The SS or schutzstaffel
c)
gestapo
d)
the Blackshirts
39.
There were six of these built, all in Poland, for the sole purpose of killing as many people as possible: ____ .
a)
labor camps
b)
ghettos
c)
gas chambers
d)
death camps
40.
It was at the __________, which was attended by several high-ranking Nazi leaders, that the “the Final Solution to the Jewish Question” was planned.
a)
Potsdam Conference
b)
Berlin Conference
c)
Nuremberg Conference
d)
Wannsee Conference
41.
The German name of the regular army that was out fighting the war
a)
Einsatzgruppen
b)
Wehrmacht
c)
the SS
d)
Luftwaffe
42.
The name of the German airforce
a)
Wehrmacht
b)
the SS
c)
Luftwaffe
d)
Einsatzgruppen
43.
The title of Hitler's book is Mein Kampf, but what does that word mean?
a)
Resolution
b)
My struggle
c)
Future plans
d)
My bible
44.
When Hitler marched into Berlin and tried to take the government over by force. What was the called in 1923?
a)
Night of the Long Knives
b)
Beer Hall Putsch
c)
Kristallnacht
d)
Nuremberg Trials
45.
What was the event where Adolf Hitler killed 84 SA police because they were weak. He then put the SS killing squads incharge of Germany.
a)
Night of Broken Glass
b)
Night of the Long Knives
46.
What was the name of the largest death camp located in Poland?
a)
Auschwitz
b)
Bergen-Belsen
c)
Belzec
d)
Treblinka
47.

Trials used to convict criminals who were in charge of the Holocaust.

a)

Nuremberg Trials

b)

Scopes Trials

c)

Nuremberg Laws

d)

November Decree

48.

Nazi beliefs on women

a)

That women should contribute to the industrial efforts

b)

That women are stronger mentally

c)

Women are to be devoted to domestic duties

d)

That women are required to have at least one male heir

49.

What was the name of the chemical used in the mass extermination of the Jews?

a)

Bitumen

b)

Cyanide

c)

Zyklon B

d)

Potassium

50.

When the Russian Army approached Auschwitz what were 56,000 Jews in Auschwitz forced to do?

a)

Hide in their barracks

b)

Go to the gas chamber

c)

Leave the camp and find shelter

d)

Death Marches

51.

Which law gave Hitler the power to make laws without the President or the Reichstag?

a)

Enabling Act, March 1933

b)

Law Against the Formation of New Parties, July 14, 1933

c)

Emergency Decree/Reichstag Fire Decree, February 28 1933

d)

Law for the Reconstruction of the State January 15, 1934

e)

Law Concerning the Head of State of the German Reich, August 1 1934.

52.

The Nazis wanted women to...

a)

Go out and enjoy themselves, go to parties, but have lots of children.

b)

Marry, have lots of children, stay at home and be a good wife and mother.

c)

Go out, wear make up and meet a man to marry.

53.

Improving racial quality of a population through only allowing certain people to have children

a)

Selective breeding

b)

Kinderreich

c)

Eugenics

d)

Aryan

54.
Besides the Jews, which groups are also persecuted by the Nazis? 
a)
Gypsies, women, handicapped and disabled
b)
Gypsies, homosexuals, youths and disabled
c)
Gypsies, homosexuals, handicapped and disabled
d)
Gypsies, women, youths and disabled
55.
Who is Joseph Goebbels?
a)
 Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany 
b)
 Reich Minister of Anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany 
c)
 Reich Minister of Appeasement in Nazi Germany 
d)
 Reich Minister of Lebrausraum in Nazi Germany 
56.
Who are the targets of the event in the picture?
a)
Staatspolizei (Gestapo)
b)
Schutzstaffel (SS)
c)
Schnitzel (SZ) 
d)
Sturmabeilung (SA)
57.
What is the title of Hitler's book?
a)
Mein Kampf
b)
Mein Kent
c)
Main Camp
d)
Mind Craft
58.
After World War I in 1918, who/ which political group ruled Germany? 
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Kaiser Wilhelm II
c)
Weimar Government
d)
Joseph Stalin
59.

How did the government in Nazi Germany help the growth of the radio?

a)

By mass producing it cheaply and using it for propaganda purposes

b)

By keeping it limited to short range frequencies

c)

By using radio wardens

d)

By making it seem unattainable

60.

The major affect of hyperinflation in German was that. . .

a)

the supply of money went up, and the value of money went down.

b)

the supply of money went up, and the value of money went up.

c)

the supply of money went down, and the value of money went down.

d)

the supply of money went down, and the value of money up

61.

By 1923 $1 U.S. was equal to . . .

a)

1 German Mark

b)

10 German Marks

c)

4.2 Trillion German Marks

d)

7 Thousand German Marks

62.

In order to gain the support of his followers, Hitler was named ____________ of the Weimar Republic.

a)

Prime Minister

b)

Fuhrer

c)

Dictator

d)

Chancellor

63.
What groups were primarily targeted for euthanasia?
a)
Roma  & Sinti
b)
Jehovah's Witnesses
c)
Mentally & Physically Handicapped
d)
Afro-Europeans
64.
The T4 program used what type of "Mercy Killing" treatment on the physically and mentally handicapped persons who were considered "useless" in the new German Reich.
a)
Einsatzgruppen
b)
Euthanasia
c)
Forced sterilization
d)
Eugenics
65.
Hitler claimed that the German people needed more "Living Space".  He used this to justify expansion of Germany.  What was this called?
a)
Wehrmacht
b)
T-4 Program
c)
Lebensraum
d)
Propaganda
66.

Which of these is the Nazi party symbol?

a)
b)
c)
d)
67.

Hitler wanted to take the Sudatenland, which is in which country

a)

Austria

b)

England

c)

Czechoslovakia

d)

Egypt

68.

What political party did Hitler join, and help rise to power?

a)

Nazi Party

b)

Catholic Worker's Party

c)

Communist Party

d)

Social Democratic Party

69.
How did Hitler help to improve economic situation in Nazi Germany? 
a)
Increase houses for the people
b)
Decrease number of taxes
c)
Increase the amount of imports
d)
Decrease unemployment rate
70.

What is the Reichstag

a)

The German Parliament (like a congress)

b)

The leader of the Wiemar government

c)

The prime minister

d)

The Wiemar constitution

71.

Choose the option that was NOT a consequence of Treaty of Versailles.

a)

Germany assumed all war guilt.

b)

Germany was forced to pay large reparations.

c)

Germany lost territory to other countries.

d)

Food rations

e)

Caused distrust between Germans and the Weimar Government.

72.

What does Anschluss refer to?

a)

A new Nazi Weapon

b)

The unification of Germany and Austria

c)

The 1918 peace treaty that led to WWII

d)

A secret Nazi base

73.

France and Great Britain declared war on Germany after it invaded what country?

a)

Austria

b)

Spain

c)

Poland

d)

Ethiopia

74.

What was the name of the first Concentration Camp?

a)

Dachau

b)

Sachsenhausen

c)

Auschwitz

d)

Belsen

75.

Who was Head of the SS?

a)

Himmler

b)

Rohm

c)

Goering

d)

Hitler

76.

[p5] The Nazis encouraged radio listening because...

a)

radio could be used for political purposes.

b)

the radio was a great new source of entertainment.

c)

the government could easily convey emergency information.

d)

the people could keep up-to-date on the news of the day.

77.

Who was executed for allegedly plotting to assassinate Hitler?

a)

Martin Niemoller

b)

Ludwig Muller

c)

Dietrich Bonhoffer

d)

Heinrich Himmler

78.
Which of the following factors helped to radicalize Germany society in the years after WWI?
a)
the authoritarianism of the Weimar Republic.
b)
drought and famine.
c)
out of control inflation.
d)
the rise of the middle class.
79.

What event led to the end of the Weimar Republic

a)

Hitler's take over of the government

b)

the death of Kaiser Wilhelm II

c)

the Treaty of Versailles

d)

the rise of President Hindenburg

80.
What often happened to families when they arrived at the concentration camp?
a)
They were placed in a family unit
b)
They where put to work immediately 
c)
They all where immediately killed 
d)
The families where seperated
81.
How were able- bodied men saved from being killed when they arrived at camp?
a)
They were sent to work in the camp or factories
b)
They were sent back to the Ghettos 
c)
They were shipped by train to another country 
d)
They were placed on maternity leave 
82.

What did Hitler say about the Jewish people?

a)

They were the reason for Germany's problems.

b)

They smelled weird.

c)

They were good people and deserved every good thing.

83.
Josef Menegle did majority of his experiments in which concentration camp?
a)
Chelmno
b)
Auschwitz
c)
Treblinka
d)
Sobibor
84.

What was Auschwitz-Birkenau?

a)

The largest of Nazi Germany’s concentration camps located in Poland

b)

The largest of Nazi Germany’s concentration camps located in Germany

c)

The largest of Nazi Germany’s ghettos camps located in Germany

d)

The first of Nazi Germany’s ghettos camps located in Latvia

85.
what name does Anne frank give to her diary?
a)
Anne jr
b)
Margot
c)
kitty
d)
little cat
86.

Resistance organization Sophie Scholl was a part of

a)

White Rose Movement

b)

French Resistance

c)

Dutch Resistance

d)

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

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