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Holocaust and Genocide Final Exam

Total questions: 107

Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Armenia was different to other countries in the Ottoman Empire because they were

a)

Muslim

b)

Christian

c)

Pagan

d)

Buddhist

2.

The new leadership of the Young Turks promoted ______________.

a)

Turkish nationalism and takeover of public life by the Turkish people

b)

equality and opportunity in government

c)

the idea of a fresh start for Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire

3.

What is Turkism?

a)

To unite all Turkish people in the entire region

b)

To separate all Turkish people in the entire region

4.

In 1913, the organization that rose up and took power in the Ottoman Empire was called the

a)

Committee of Union and Progress

b)

Committee of Public Safety

c)

Young Turks

d)

Young Kurds

5.

Armenians would be considered a(n)

a)

ethnic group

b)

religious group

c)

social group

d)

economic group

6.

Analyze the photograph! It provides evidence of...

a)

how Armenians were deported and led to their deaths.

b)

how Ottoman soldiers traveled across the empire in groups

c)

how Muslims were treated in the Ottoman Empire

d)

how Armenians protested for equal rights

7.

What religion were the Ottoman rulers?

a)

Catholic

b)

Jewish

c)

Muslim

d)

Protestant

8.

What were women, children elderly and sick pushed into?

a)

concentration camps

b)

death march

c)

jail

d)

ovens

9.

Who were the first Armenians to be targeted by the Ottoman government on April 24, 1915?

a)

Intellectuals and leaders

b)

Peasants

c)

Armed rebels

d)

Soldiers

10.
Separating groups into US and THEM is
a)
classification
b)
symbolization
c)
dehumanization
d)
polarization
11.
Giving names and symbols to a group
a)
classification
b)
symbolization
c)
dehumanization
d)
polarization
12.
Making a group seem less than human in order to justify killing them
a)
classification
b)
symbolization
c)
dehumanization
d)
polarization
13.
Driving groups apart and departing society is a part of 
a)
classification
b)
symbolization
c)
dehumanization
d)
polarization
14.
Genocide is usually unorganized and not planned out
a)
True
b)
False
15.
 In the preparation phase
a)
symbols are given to groups
b)
weapons are stockpiled
c)
the killings begin
16.

What stage of genocide is Turkey currently in today?

a)

1- Classification

b)

3- Discrimination

c)

6- Preparation

d)

10- Denial

17.

The deadly and forced deportation of the Armenians to Syria is an example of

a)

discrimination

b)

ethnic cleansing

c)

prejudice

d)

dehumanization

18.

(n) Extreme patriotism; favoring an aggressive, warlike foreign policy.

a)

irascible

b)

jingoism

c)

jettison

d)

latent

19.

This is the deliberate and systematic destruction of a group of people.

a)

holocaust

b)

genocide

c)

terrorism

d)

murder

20.

Which of the following groups has been the most reluctant to apply the term “genocide” to the systematic killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire?

a)

the Armenian government

b)

the German government

c)

the U.S. government

d)

the Turkish government

21.

Which of the following is NOT an act of genocide according to the definition?

a)

lack of education

b)

denying people food and water

c)

collect any and all weapons

d)

rape

22.

How did the Turkish government try to hide or dilute their responsibility after their actions against Armenians during World War I?

a)

The Turkish government said that the Armenians had died in battles against the British

b)

The Turkish government said the deaths resulted from disease and famine

c)

The Turkish government said the Armenians had destroyed their own hospitals

d)

The Turkish government denied all responsibility

23.

Those who weren’t Muslim were categorized by the millet system, a community structure that gave minority groups a limited amount of power to control their own affairs while still under Ottoman rule


What does the verb "categorized" convey in the sentence?

a)

It conveys that most groups enjoyed many rights with few restrictions from the sultan

b)

It conveys that non-Muslims were allowed to choose whether they would participate in this system.

c)

It conveys that minority groups were not given complete control of their participation in this system.

d)

It conveys that there were strict penalties if minority groups chose not to convert to Islam.

24.

hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people

a)

extermination

b)

resistance

c)

anti-Semitism

d)

Aryan

25.

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

a)

extermination

b)

genocide

c)

anti-Semitism

d)

boycott

26.

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

a)

ethnicity

b)

race

c)

Aryan

d)

refugee

27.

the refusal to accept or comply with something

a)

boycott

b)

genocide

c)

resistance

d)

stubborn

28.

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

a)

genocide

b)

ethnicity

c)

propaganda

d)

extermination

29.

an isolated or segregated quarter of a city for Jewish people

a)

ghetto

b)

neighborhood

c)

town

d)

enclosure

30.

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

a)

release

b)

liberate

c)

refugee

d)

ghetto

31.

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

32.

the Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews

a)

genocide

b)

Final Solution

c)

extermination

d)

annex

33.
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
34.
________ __________ 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
35.
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
36.
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.
37.
Nazis believed Germans were racially superior and Jews were ______ .
a)
prejudiced
b)
unkind
c)
inferior
d)
respected
38.

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

39.

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

40.

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.

41.

In places like Auschwitz Jews were killed in

a)

gas chambers.

b)

mobile killing vehicles.

c)

drowning tanks.

d)

small numbers by fire squad.

42.

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

a)

Hitler Youth

b)

Gypsies

c)

Einsatzgruppen

d)

Gestapo

43.

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

a)

Aryan race

b)

Einsatzgruppen

c)

Hitler Youth

d)

Ghettos

44.

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

45.
What is this?
a)
Star of David
b)
Symbol representing helpful people.
c)
Tattoo all Jewish people
were given
d)
good luck charm
46.

"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.

47.
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
48.
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
49.

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

a)

Selective breeding

b)

Kinderreich

c)

Eugenics

d)

Aryan

50.

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

51.
What groups were primarily targeted for euthanasia?
a)
Roma  & Sinti
b)
Jehovah's Witnesses
c)
Mentally & Physically Handicapped
d)
Afro-Europeans
52.
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
53.
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
54.

Which of these is the Nazi party symbol?

a)
b)
c)
d)
55.

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

56.

[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.

57.
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.
58.

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

59.

agrarian utopia

a)

political ideology that seeks to eliminate social classes by giving all property to the state

b)

socio-political movement in China which sought to purge society of all remnants of capitalism or traditional society and focused on agrarian socialism

c)

a movement for equitable distribution of land to promote rural life as a basis for society

d)

beginning of destruction of all former culture & traditions & a new revolutionary culture would reshape Cambodia

60.

classicide

a)

deliberate destruction of an entire social class

b)

socio-political movement in China which sought to purge society of all remnants of capitalism or traditional society and focused on agrarian socialism

c)

a movement for equitable distribution of land to promote rural life as a basis for society

d)

political ideology that seeks to eliminate social classes by giving all property to the state

61.

communism

a)

deliberate destruction of an entire social class

b)

socio-political movement in China which sought to purge society of all remnants of capitalism or traditional society and focused on agrarian socialism

c)

a movement for equitable distribution of land to promote rural life as a basis for society

d)

political ideology that seeks to eliminate social classes by giving all property to the state

62.

Khmer Rouge Party

a)

radical communist party that ruled Cambodia 1975- 1979 through guerilla warfare and genocide

b)

people from urban areas who were considered subhuman and denied all rights

c)

political ideology that seeks to eliminate social classes by giving all property to the state

d)

socio-political movement in China which sought to purge society of all remnants of capitalism or traditional society and focused on agrarian socialism

63.

kroma/ krama

a)

a checkered scarf traditionally worn in Cambodia (red- Khmer Rouge) (blue- Eastern Zone and scheduled to be killed)

b)

Khmer Rouge economic plan (forced labor, starvation, forced resettlement, land collectivization, state terror)

c)

north Vietnamese communists who sought to spread communism southward 

d)

peasant farmers in Cambodia whom the Khmer Rouge believed to be the ideal

64.

Pol Pot

a)

Prime Minister of the Khmer Republic (1969-1971) who overthrew monarchy & then fled as Khmer Rouge took over

b)

king/prime minister of Cambodia both before & after the khmer Rouge came to power and then was ousted

c)

Khmer Rouge Party leader who ruled communist Cambodia and led genocide

d)

Chinese communist revolutionary who established the dictatorship of the People’s Republic of China

65.

Tick the THREE things the Khmer Rouge did in Cambodia

a)

Improved the standard of living

b)

Abolished money (currency)

c)

Created a man-made famine

d)

Executed the educated

66.

Agrarian communism meant that...

a)

Classes would be abolished

b)

Everyone would become a peasant farmer

c)

Farming was the best paying job

d)

Farmers ran the country

67.

What was Pol Pot’s goal?

a)

Create a dictatorship

b)

To form a communist Agrarian utopia

c)

Destroy the government

d)

To kill all Cambodians

e)

All of the Above

68.

Stalin blamed the famine and failure of collectivisation on...

a)

Himself

b)

The Kulaks and local leaders

c)

China

d)

Jon Bon Jovi

69.

What is the Holodomor?

a)

Civil War

b)

Forced Famine

c)

Rebelion

d)

Car Brand

70.

Ukraine's borders were closed during Holodomor.

a)

True

b)

False

71.

Stalin wanted to crush Ukrainian national spirit and for not accepting the Soviet Union

a)

True

b)

False

72.
What was the name of the wealthy peasants that Stalin accused of sabotage and tried to eliminate/kill?
a)
The Kulaks
b)
The Turks
c)
The Dutch
d)
The Magyars
73.
What was the name of the work camps in Siberia where Stalin would send "enemies of the state"?
a)
Gulags
b)
Concentration Camps
c)
Internment Camps
d)
Veritags
74.
Large, government owned farms were called:
a)
Communist Farms
b)
Collective Farms
c)
Independent Farms
d)
Gulags
75.
Stalin mainly used propaganda to 
a)
promote capitalism
b)
increase support for communism and himself
c)
wage a war against illiteracy
d)
wage a war against smallpox 
76.
Stalin mainly used propaganda to 
a)
promote capitalism
b)
increase support for communism and himself
c)
wage a war against illiteracy
d)
wage a war against smallpox 
77.

He used the excuse of industrializaton and to modernize the Soviet Union to do what?

a)

Starve Ukrainians

b)

Go to war with Ukraine

c)

To ignore Ukraine and leave them alone

78.

The process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area is called:

a)

Colonization

b)

Polarization

c)

Classification

d)

Nationalism

79.

The two major ethnic groups in Rwanda are:

a)

Hera and Tari

b)

Hutu and Tari

c)

Hutu and Tulsi

d)

Hutu and Tutsi

80.
Which ethnic group in Rwanda was given more privilege under Belgium rule?  
a)
Twa
b)
Hutu
c)
Tutsi
d)
Zulu
81.

Which group took part in most of the violence in Rwanda?

a)

Janjaweed

b)

Interhamwe

c)

Rwandan Army

d)

Rwandan Patriotic Front

82.

What is one of the underlying causes of the Rwandan Genocide?

a)

Ethnic tensions

b)

Natural disasters

c)

Language barriers

d)

Industrialism

83.
Hutu refers to
a)
a group of people who are the minority in Rwanda.
b)
a group of people who ruled Rwanda under Belgian rule.
c)
a group of people who ruled Rwanda under German rule.
d)
a group of people who are the majority of Rwandans.
84.
Tutsi refers to
a)
Rwandans who ruled Rwanda for the Belgians
b)
Rwandans who committed the genocide
c)
Rwandans who are the majority group
d)
Rwandans who discriminated against the Belgians
85.
The excuse to begin the genocide in a small African country was 
a)
the killing of the Hutu President of Rwanda
b)
the killing of a Tutsi rebel leader
c)
the killing of the Hutu militia leader
d)
the killing of the killing of the Tutsi President of Rwanda
86.
One of the reasons death tolls during the genocide in Africa in 1994 were on such a massive scale was due to
a)
the United Nations withdrawal of 90% of their peacekeeping forces
b)
the United States withdrawal of 90% of their peacekeeping forces
c)
a major drought & famine in Rwanda that year
d)
the use of chemical & biological weapons
87.

True or false

The Sudanese Government Saw There People Suffer And Did Nothing About It ?

a)

False

b)

True

88.

True or False


perpetrators are the Janjaweed, they attacked the innocent, African citizens under the command of Omar al Bashir and affected millions of lives ?

a)

True

b)

False

89.

What is Sudan's most important natural resoutce?

a)

Petroleum

b)

Gold

c)

Copper

d)

Silver

90.

Which region in Sudan faced genocide due to their refusal to follow the governments religion and culture?

a)

Jiba

b)

Khartoum

c)

South Sudan

d)

Darfur

91.
The terrorist group the Sudanese government funded/equipped to kill and expel Darfurians.
a)
Taliba
b)
Janjaweed
c)
Addis Ababa
d)
Al Qaeda
92.

What country have the Darfur refugees fled to?

a)

Chad

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Kenya

93.

When people leave their country to escape war they become ____________

a)

refugees

b)

displaced persons

c)

immigrants

94.
Besides the Jews, which groups are also persecuted by the Nazis? 
a)

Sinti Roma (gypsies)

b)

Homosexuals

c)

German youth

d)

Handicapped and disabled

95.

What is Propaganda?

a)

Techniques that do NOT persuade

b)

Techniques used to influence opinions, emotions, behaviors.

c)

Techniques used ONLY in an unfair way

96.

 In this 4th stage of genocide, a persecuted group may be compared to animals, parasites, insects or diseases

a)

symbolization

b)

dehumanization

c)

discrimination

d)

classification

97.

1st stage: deals with separating people into "us" and "them"

a)

Classification

b)

Organization

c)

Extermination

d)

Polarization

98.

2nd stage: when the dominant group uses symbols or signs to easily identify the targeted group.

a)

Organization

b)

Classification

c)

Extermination

d)

Symbolization

99.

ethnic group

a)

the act or process of expelling or forcing persons to flee from their home or homeland

b)

The right of a country to govern its own affairs free from outside interference.

c)

a community or population made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent.

d)

determination by the people of a territorial unit of their own future political status

100.

crimes against humanity

a)

a community or population made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent.

b)

an agreement between states for regulation of matters affecting all of them

c)

particularly odious [hateful] offenses in that they constitute a serious attack on human dignity or grave humiliation or a degradation of one or more human beings.... Murder; extermination; torture; rape and political, racial, or religious persecution and other inhumane acts reach the threshold of crimes against humanity only if they are part of a widespread or systematic practice.”

d)

a community or population made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent.

101.

In which stage of genocide were the Tutsis refered to as “cockroaches”?

a)

Classification

b)

Persecution

c)

Dehumanization

d)

Symbolization

102.

Alex: “You want to do what? Don’t you know that only girls do ballet? Boys don’t do ballet!”


This is an example of _____.

a)

stereotype

b)

discrimination

c)

bias

103.

Discrimination is prejudice in ___________

a)

force

b)

action

c)

harmful

d)

judgement

104.

Prejudice means a preconceived opinion. The meaning of 'preconceived' is _____.

a)

an idea formed beforehand without any reason

b)

an opinion formed beforehand without any truth

c)

an idea or opinion formed beforehand without any truth or reason

d)

none of the above

105.

What does this mean? - "to judge other people negatively or see them as inferior"

a)

Prejudice

b)

Judice

c)

Post judice

d)

None of these

106.

An extreme form of prejudice that is not just judging unfairly, but assumes one's own race or ethnicity is superior.

a)

Discrimination

b)

Racism

c)

Stereotype

d)

Assumption

107.

Fear/dislike of foreigners or strangers from other countries.

a)

Xenophobia

b)

Hydrophobia

c)

Acrophobia

d)

Astraphobia

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