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Holocaust

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 50mins

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.

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

a)

genocide

b)

ethnicity

c)

propaganda

d)

extermination

4.

people of the Caucasian race, not of Jewish descent

a)

refugee

b)

Aryan

c)

dictator

d)

gypsy

5.

Jewish house of worship

a)

synagogue

b)

church

c)

temple

d)

cathedral

6.

Jewish house of worship

a)

synagogue

b)

church

c)

temple

d)

cathedral

7.

an isolated or segregated quarter of a city for Jewish people

a)

ghetto

b)

neighborhood

c)

town

d)

enclosure

8.

the Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews

a)

genocide

b)

Final Solution

c)

extermination

d)

annex

9.
How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?
a)
1 million
b)
6 million
c)
100'000
d)
60 million
10.
What does the term "Final Solution" mean?
a)
Germany's plan to send all the Jews to Israel
b)
Hitler's plan to commit suicide
c)
Hitler's plan to kill all the Jews in Germany
d)
Hitler's plan to move all Jews to the U.S.
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.
________ __________ 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
14.
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
15.
The individuals who were victims of the Holocaust were primarily of what religion?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Christianity
c)
Islam
d)
Judaism
16.
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.
17.
Kristallnacht was a state sponsored attack on the Jews and their property; therefore, it can be described as a _______________________.
a)
Holocaust
b)
genocide
c)
untermenschen
d)
pogrom
18.
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
19.
In 1935, the ____ denied Jews German citizenship, segregated Jews from society and also established degrees of “Jewish-ness” based on family ancestry.
a)
The Enabling Act
b)
The Nuremberg Laws
c)
The Reich Fire Decree
d)
The Wannsee Conference Laws
20.
______,  a pogrom that occurred on November 9-10, 1938 when Germans were urged to burn synagogues, loot businesses and homes of Jews, and even torture or kill Jews.
a)
Judenrat
b)
Kristallnacht
c)
Nuremberg
d)
Wannsee 
21.
If chosen for death, some of the victims would be sent to the ______ often disguised as showers, or they would be shot.
a)
gas chambers
b)
fire pits
c)
crematorium
d)
transit camps
22.
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
23.
The ___ was a mobile, killing squad that was part of the SS but followed the Wehrmacht, as they moved through Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
a)
Luftwaffe
b)
Mischling
c)
Einsatzgruppen
d)
Swastika
24.

Who were the Nazi Party propaganda experts?

a)

Goering and Hitler

b)

Himmler and Hitler

c)

Goebbels and Hitler

d)

Rohm and Hitler

25.
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 
26.

What book defined radical Nazi ideology?

a)

The Communist Manifesto

b)

The Wealth of Nations

c)

The Third Reich at War

d)

Mein Kampf

27.

Which group of people were idealised under Nazi ideology?

a)

Aryans

b)

Jews

c)

Romas

d)

Sociopaths

28.

Which of the following was NOT part of the Nuremberg Laws?

a)

Revoked German citizenship from Jews.

b)

Restricted Jewish business activity.

c)

Regulated financial transactions.

d)

Allowed Jews to practice banking but nothing else.

29.

A movement based on the idea that the future of Germany lay in the development, training and education of German children.

a)

Anti-Semitism

b)

Hitler Youth

c)

Lebensraum

d)

Social Darwinism

30.

Nazism was NOT opposed to ...

a)

Democracy

b)

Marxism

c)

Pacificism

d)

Totalitarianism

31.

What event occurred where Nazis broke the windows of Jewish businesses, homes, and synagogues?

a)

Worst Night

b)

Kristallnact

c)

Mein Kempf

d)

Blitzkrieg

32.

Where did the Nazis force the Jewish population to go?

a)

Countryside

b)

Ghettos

c)

Cities

d)

Resorts

33.
At the annual party rally held in 1935, the Nazis announced new (antisemitic) laws which institutionalized many of the racial theories prevalent in Nazi ideology.
a)
Triumph of the Will
b)
Haavara Agreement
c)
Hossbach Memorandum
d)
Nuremburg Laws
34.
Secret State Police was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe.
a)
SA
b)
SS
c)
Gestapo
d)
Einsatzgruppen
35.
This claims to improve the genetic features of human populations through selective breeding and sterilization.
a)
Euthanasia
b)
Propaganda
c)
Aryan 
d)
Eugenics
36.
An ideology rooted in militarism, extreme nationalism, racism, and blind loyalty to the state.
a)
Totalitarianism
b)
Facism
c)
Genocide
d)
Blitzkrieg
37.
Who promised to restore Germany to its former power?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Napoleon Bonaparte
38.

What is the shortened version of the National Socialist German Workers' Party?

a)

Kampfer

b)

NSGWP

c)

Nazi

d)

lebensraum

39.
town in SW Poland and site of a Nazi concentration camp
a)
Munich
b)
Auschwitz
c)
Ghetto
d)
Dachau
40.
to deprive of human qualities or attributes – making the person or people seem less than human through mal-treatment (name calling, taking away rights, slanted propaganda, etc.)
a)
dehumanization
b)
prejudice
c)
genocide
d)
displacement
41.
a social and political ideology that says the nation is the highest priority (rather than personal or individual freedoms)
a)
antisemitism
b)
genocide
c)
Gestapo
d)
Facism
42.
Between 1933 and 1935, what were some of the anti-Jewish actions Nazis and their supporters took?
a)
Jews were forbidden to shower, cut their hair, or use the same drinking fountains as the Aryans in Germany
b)
Jews were paraded down the street and spit on by Nazi supporters
c)
Jews were forbidden to enter movie houses, pools,  and restaurants and propaganda against them increased violence against them
d)
Jews were forced to walk everywhere and were not allowed to use any form of public transportation
43.
What was the primary goal of the Nuremberg Laws?
a)
designed to segregate the Jews into ghettos and starve them to death
b)
designed to separate Aryans from non-Aryans and define the rights of Nazi Germany and make laws to give Jews inferior status
c)
designed to integrate the Jews and Germans in society to fool them until they loaded the Jews into the trains for death camps
d)
designed to keep Jewish people away from Hitler so he didn't have to see them
44.
What were some of the restrictions the Nuremberg Laws placed on Jews in Germany?
a)
forbade marriages between those of German or related blood
b)
prohibited Jews from flying the Third Reich flag
c)
made Jews register with the government and wear a Star of David
d)
all of the answers are correct
45.
What was the Holocaust? 
a)
Ethnic killings in Rwanda between the Hutus and the Tutsis
b)
The systematic killing of Jews by Nazi Germany
c)
The destruction of Islamic holy sites in the Middle East
d)
The genocide in Kosovo
46.
The mass murder of a whole group of people because they belong to a certain racial or ethnic category.
a)
Kristallnacht
b)
Security police
c)
Star of David
d)
genocide
47.
The patch Jews were forced to wear on their clothing to identify them.
a)
Star of David
b)
swastika
c)
Jews
d)
Adolf Hitler
48.
What was the name of the city that tried the war criminals for their killing of Jews in WWII?
a)
Strausburg
b)
Anacostia
c)
Nuremberg
d)
Ocean City
49.

1934-Claim: Many Jews were not allowed to join the armed forces, even in support of Hitler

a)

True

b)

False

50.

What were the Nuremburg Laws?

a)

Laws against black citizens in Germany in 1965.

b)

Laws that took away the rights of Jewish people in Germany in 1935.

c)

Laws that gave freedoms to Jews in Germany.

51.

[p1] Which of these describe Adolf Hitler's political views?

TWO of these are correct.

a)

Racism, especially anti-Semitism

b)

Extreme nationalism

c)

Liberal socialist

d)

Communist revolutionary

e)

Favored international cooperation

52.

[p1] Hitler wrote _____ while he was in prison, where he described his theory of struggle.

a)

Mein Kampf (My Struggle)

b)

Tage Meines Vaters (Days of My Father)

c)

Das Kapital (Capital)

53.

[p3] Hitler wanted a totalitarian state, but his larger goal was...

a)

to develop an Aryan racial state dominating Europe.

b)

to build Germany's navy to compete with the British.

c)

to crush Communism everywhere.

d)

to conquer the United States & destroy democracy.

54.

The Nuremberg Laws were based on

a)

hatred of Jews

b)

taking basic human rights away

c)

anti-Semitism

d)

all of the above

55.

The Nuremberg Laws

a)

stripped Jews of their German citizenship

b)

made the Jews get divorced

c)

said Jews couldn't have children

d)

said Jews couldn't learn to read

56.

To rule by decree, a dictator can

a)

be in charge of the weather

b)

make laws without going through parliament

c)

attend any event he wants

d)

include the parliament in all laws

57.

Choose three reasons why the Nazi Party rose to power in Germany.

a)

Hitlers leadership and policies

b)

He offered equality for everyone

c)

Propaganda

d)

He wanted peaceful relations with other countries

e)

The Great Depression and Wall Street Crash

58.

Joseph Goebbels was the Minister for

a)

Health

b)

Finance

c)

Terror

d)

Propaganda

59.

What is Propaganda?

a)

Techniques that do not presuade

b)

Techniques used to influence opinions, emotions, behaviors.

c)

Techniques used usually towards a direction in an unfair way

d)

Techniques used to argue

60.

When were concentration camps used?

a)

The first concentration camps made were in 2000.

b)

The first concentration camps made by the Nazis started in 1933 till the fall of Berlin.

c)

The first concentration camps made were in 1929.

d)

The first concentration camps made were in 1944.

61.

What is the name of the plan to rid the Earth of all of the Jews called?

a)

The Holocaust

b)

The Final Solution

c)

The Madagascar Plan

d)

The Overlord Plan

62.

Which was the largest death camp?

a)

Treblinka

b)

Auschwitz

c)

Sobibor

d)

Belzec

63.

What was the name given to the Jews that did all of the work in the camps?

a)

Kapos

b)

Kanada Kommandos

c)

Sonderkommandos

d)

Construction Kommandos

64.

The "Final Solution" was when the Nazis decided to ____.

a)

end World War II

b)

try one more deportation method

c)

start killing the Jews

d)

take the kids from their parents

65.

Lodz refers to _____.

a)

an extermination camp

b)

a city in Poland

c)

a ghetto

d)

a sargent under Adolf Hitler

66.

The largest Ghetto in Europe was _____.

a)

Warsaw

b)

Lodz

c)

Auschwitz

d)

Greene

67.

racial ideology

a)

policy about a group of people based on race

b)

thinking that all races are equal

c)

segregation of one group based on race

68.

What Law prevented marriages between Jews and Germans?

a)

The Reich Laws for Germany

b)

Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor

c)

Law for Nuremburg Protection

d)

The Aryan Laws

69.

When the Nazies decided to kill the remaining Jews in a ghetto, they would ___________ a ghetto by boarding the last Jews in the ghetto on trains.

a)

Judenrat

b)

open

c)

liquidate

70.

Wat were the dates of WW2?

a)

1950-1955

b)

1940-1944

c)

1814-1918

d)

1939-1945

71.

Which of the fiollowing is considered 'right-wing' extremism?

a)

communism

b)

facism

c)

socialism

d)

democracy

72.

What was a 'sonderkommando'?

a)

A group composed of Jewish people who aided in the Nuremburg Trials as eye witnesses.

b)

A group that had to complete the Laws enacted by the NAZI party.

c)

A group composed of prisoners, usually Jews, who were forced, on threat of their own deaths, to aid with the disposal of gas chamber victims during the Holocaust.

d)

A group of NAZi memebers who organised 'killing squads'.

73.

What was a 'judenrat'?

a)

A characterisation of Jewish people through propaganda

b)

A forced community of Jews to elect a Jewish Council, or Judenrat, which would enforce Nazi orders

c)

A group that made dody deals with the NAZi's

d)

A council that help integrate German laws throughout Europe

74.

What does ghetto really mean? (choose all that apply)

a)

a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups

b)

a nice place of the city to live

c)

the Jewish quarter in a city

d)

an isolated or segregated group or area.

75.

What were the living conditions in the ghettos.

a)

The conditions could be described as livable.

b)

The conditions could be described as miserable

c)

The conditions could be described as middle-class

d)

The conditions could be described as upper class

76.

Who was in charge of the daily activities in the ghettos?

a)

The Germans

b)

The Nazis

c)

The Polish

d)

The Judenrate

77.

Why were the ghettos created?

a)

Nazi Germany wanted to separate and isolate the Jews

b)

The Jews would be safer in the ghettos

c)

It gave England control

d)

There was no other place to put the Jews.

78.

What was the "Weimar Republic'?

a)

A set of decrees to segregate the Jews

b)

The government in charge before the NAZI's

c)

The offical name of the NAZI governemnt

d)

An ideology championed by the NAZI's

79.

Why did the Nazis put Jews into ghettos?

a)

They feared the Jews were going to take over the world

b)

Temporary way to concentrate Jews until the Nazis could kill them

c)

Helped them gain popularity

d)

They thought it would help in Nazifying Europe

80.
Describe life in the ghettos.
a)
Very crowded, but had a lot of resources 
b)
They lived well and sickness wasn't common
c)
They didn't have to work because everything was provided to them
d)
Lived in crowded conditions, few resources, and diseases were common
81.

What were the Judenrate?

a)

Jews who lived in Western Europe

b)

Germans who helped Jews

c)

Jewish Nazis

d)

Jewish Councils that were the primary ghetto administrations

82.

What was the role of the Judenrate? (Choose all that apply)

a)

Keep an accurate census of the Jewish population

b)

Kill Jews in the Ghettos

c)

provide lists of names for deportation

d)

Smuggle goods into the ghettos for the Jews

83.

Which laws in 1935 took away Jewish Civil Rights in Germany?

a)

Hamburg Laws

b)

Nuremberg Laws

c)

Versailles Laws

d)

Warsaw Laws

84.

What was the 'Reich citizenship law'?

a)

A law that outlined who was German or a Jew

b)

A law that defined Jews as a race and not a faith

c)

A law that saw Jews lose their citizenship

d)

A law that fostered in new freedoms for the Jewish population

85.

What is the official name of the 'Nuremburg Raxe Laws'?

a)

The Law for the Protection of Germanic Futures

b)

The Law for the Freedom of Values

c)

The Law for the Protection of German Freedom

d)

The Law for the Protection Of German Blood and German Honor

86.

The 'Decree for the Exclusion of Jews from Economic lIfe' led to what?

a)

Jews could no longer invest on the stock exchange

b)

Jews could not apply for loans

c)

Jews could no longer own businesses

d)

Jews had to check in with the police daily

87.

What did the 'einsatzgruppen' do?

a)

Mobile killing squds

b)

Created the gas chambers

c)

Policed the ghettos

d)

Operated transport of Jews

88.

Waat was the gas called that wa used in the chambers?

a)

Malikurm B

b)

Zyklon B

c)

Elderact A

d)

Lovendorm P

89.

What was the conference that decided 'The Final Solution'?

a)

Reichstag Conference

b)

Munich Conference

c)

Nuremburg Conference

d)

Wannsee Conference

90.

What does the Jewish population call the Holocaust?

a)

Schlep

b)

Oy Vey

c)

Holocaust

d)

Shoah

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