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Holocaust

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

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.

2.

How did the Nazi government plan to exterminate all the Jewish people?

a)

infect the population with a virus that would only affect Jewish people

b)

by looting (breaking into) their businesses and rationing their food

c)

by sending them to death (Concentration) camps where they would be killed

d)

by sending them to other countries to live and prosper

3.

What does the text "The Holocaust" mostly describe or talk about? What is the central message?

a)

the cultural impact of the Jewish people throughout Europe

b)

Key events that led to World War II

c)

Hitler's rise to political power?

d)

the Nazi government's efforts to exterminate the Jewish people

4.

During what war did the Holocaust take place?

a)

World War l

b)

World War ll

c)

The Revolutionary War

d)

The Napoleonic Wars

5.

Who was the Nazi leader?

a)

Germany

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

United States

d)

There was not a leader

6.

When did Kristallacht happen ?

a)

before the Holocaust

b)

after the Holocaust

7.

After the destruction of the synagogues, and other Jewish buildings, who was held responsible and had to pay for the damage ?

a)

The Nazi's

b)

The Jews

c)

The government

d)

The McDonald's CEO

8.

How many Jews died in the Holocaust?

a)

1,000,000

b)

4,000

c)

6,000,000

d)

800

9.

In what years did the holocaust happen?

a)

1945 - 1950

b)

1920 - 1945

c)

1946 - 1960

d)

1933 - 1945

10.

Why did Jew have to wear stars?

a)

For idetification

b)

To be fashionable

c)

For fun

d)

Because it was like a credit card

11.

Which people survived the Holocaust?

a)

Otto Frank

b)

Ralph Berts

c)

Bob Behr

d)

All of the above

12.

How many people died in the Holocaust?

a)

ll,000,000

b)

6,000,000

c)

1,000

d)

None

13.

Families were separated.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What was the primary purpose of the Nuremberg Trials held after World War II?

a)

A) To punish the Allied forces for war crimes

b)

B) To prosecute Nazi war criminals for their roles in the Holocaust

c)

C) To establish a new government in Germany

d)

D) To negotiate peace treaties with Axis powers

15.

Which of the following was a significant resistance movement against the Nazis during the Holocaust?

a)

A) The French Resistance

b)

B) The Bolshevik Revolution

c)

C) The American Civil Rights Movement

d)

D) The Industrial Workers of the World