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Holocaust Background Vocabulary

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Information that is misleading, biased, and used to promote a political cause is called _______________.

a)

Pogrom

b)

Propaganda

c)

Ghetto

d)

Anti-Semitism

2.

Hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people is called ____________________.

a)

Hate Crimes

b)

Racism

c)

Anti-semitism

d)

Pogrom

3.

The mass murder of Jewish people under the German Nazi regime during the period 1941–1945 is called __________________

a)

The Holocaust

b)

Concentration Camps

c)

Kristallnacht

d)

Blitzkrieg

4.

The Nuremberg Laws took away the following rights from Jewish people:

a)

Their ability to be German citizens

b)

Their ability to own and operate a business

c)

Their ability to marry German citizens

d)

Their ability to live where they wish

5.

A name for a slum area occupied by a minority group.

a)

Gestapo

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Pogrom

d)

Ghetto

6.

A place where large numbers of political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities are imprisoned, forced to perform manual labor, or await death.

a)

Pogroms

b)

Concentration Camps

c)

Internment Camps

d)

Community Camps

7.

A ration book is...

a)

A book issued by the government that allows people to buy certain foods during shortages

b)

A book that was used to record all the names of people belonging to Jewish synogogues

c)

A book that was used to help Germans trace Jewish ancestry

d)

A book that helped Germans track food consumed by Jewish people in concentration camps.

8.

A Jew is someone with the following characteristics:

a)

Someone who descends from the ancient Israelite ethnic group

b)

Someone who does not have blonde hair and blue eyes

c)

Someone who practices Judaism

d)

Someone with four Christian grandparents

9.

A symbol that was adopted in the 19th century as a symbol of Judaism; also considered the shield of David

a)

Yin and Yang

b)

The Star of David

c)

The Crucifix

d)

Yellow Star

10.

The political police of Nazi Germany responsible for killing enemies of the Nazi party and taking Jewish people to concentration camps.

a)

Green Police

b)

Secret Police

c)

Gestapo

d)

German Interpol

11.

Which of the following are reasons that Hitler rose to power after WWI?

a)

Germany didn't have a lot of money

b)

Germany wasn't allowed to have a military

c)

German pride was at an all-time low

d)

Germany lost a lot of land

12.

Which of the following countries are Axis Powers?

a)

Germany

b)

The Soviet Union

c)

Japan

d)

France

13.

Which of the following countries are Allies?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Great Britain

d)

The US

14.

Which of the following are reasons WWII was fought?

a)

A central political leader was assassinated

b)

Germany wanted world domination

c)

The rise of fascist dictators

d)

The treatment of Jewish people