WorksheetsHolocaust Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
This agreement made at the Potsdam Conference led directly to the
announcement of the Truman Doctrine
division of Germany into occupation zones
creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
trials in Nuremberg, Germany
What did Jewish people in Nazi controlled areas have to wear to identify them as Jews?
yellow star of David
sign that said Jew
Black clothes
yellow cross
systematic mass slaughter of European Jews and other "undesirable" groups by the Nazis during WWII (means "destruction by fire")
Kristallnacht
der Fuhrer
Third Reich
Holocaust
Hitler not only ordered 6 million Jews killed, but also the _________________, elderly, homosexuals and gypsies.
sick
handicapped
dwarfs
Dutch
Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called
ghettos
apartments
projects
government housing
Which of the following best describes the “final solution?”
The implementation of the Balfour Declaration.
The Nazi desire for complete destruction of the Jews.
The conscription of German males into the military.
The Jewish desire for a homeland within Germany.
The Nuremberg Laws
separated Jews from German society
said Jews couldn't marry non-Jews
said Jews couldn't own businesses
all of the above
Why was this night known as "the night of the broken glass"
Someone broke a glass cup and forgot to clean it up
The nazi's were playing baseball and broke a window
The nazi's broke through synagogues, schools, and other jewish buildings, and broken glass was all over the streets
The jews threw glass at SS officers as a protest
How did the Nazi government plan to exterminate all the Jewish people?
infect the population with a virus that would only affect Jewish people
by looting (breaking into) their businesses and rationing their food
by sending them to death (Concentration) camps where they would be killed
by sending them to other countries to live and prosper
Who orchestrated the Holocaust?
The Jews
The Nazis
The Allied Powers
The Soviet Union
What was the Nuremberg Laws?
Laws that stripped Jews of their German citizenship and civil liberties
Laws that gave Jews their own state in Germany
Laws that gave Jews more rights in Germany
Laws that allowed Jews to leave Germany
Why did the Germans establish ghettos?
To imprison Jews away from the German population
To allow Jews to leave Germany
To give Jews their own state in Germany
To give Jews more rights
What was the primary purpose of the Wannsee Conference held in 1942?
To plan the invasion of the Soviet Union
To discuss the logistics of the 'Final Solution'
To negotiate peace with the Allied Powers
To establish the Nuremberg Trials
Which of the following groups was NOT targeted during the Holocaust?
Jehovah's Witnesses
Romani people
Polish intellectuals
Swiss citizens
What was the significance of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943?
It was the first successful revolt against the Nazis
It marked the largest single revolt by Jews during the Holocaust
It led to the liberation of all concentration camps
It resulted in the immediate end of the Holocaust
