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Holocaust Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This agreement made at the Potsdam Conference led directly to the

a)

announcement of the Truman Doctrine

b)

division of Germany into occupation zones

c)

creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

d)

trials in Nuremberg, Germany

2.

What did Jewish people in Nazi controlled areas have to wear to identify them as Jews?

a)

yellow star of David

b)

sign that said Jew

c)

Black clothes

d)

yellow cross

3.

systematic mass slaughter of European Jews and other "undesirable" groups by the Nazis during WWII (means "destruction by fire")

a)

Kristallnacht

b)

der Fuhrer

c)

Third Reich

d)

Holocaust

4.

Hitler not only ordered 6 million Jews killed, but also the _________________, elderly, homosexuals and gypsies.

a)

sick

b)

handicapped

c)

dwarfs

d)

Dutch

5.

Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called

a)

ghettos

b)

apartments

c)

projects

d)

government housing

6.

Which of the following best describes the “final solution?”

a)

The implementation of the Balfour Declaration.

b)

The Nazi desire for complete destruction of the Jews.

c)

The conscription of German males into the military.

d)

The Jewish desire for a homeland within Germany.

7.

The Nuremberg Laws

a)

separated Jews from German society

b)

said Jews couldn't marry non-Jews

c)

said Jews couldn't own businesses

d)

all of the above

8.

Why was this night known as "the night of the broken glass"

a)

Someone broke a glass cup and forgot to clean it up

b)

The nazi's were playing baseball and broke a window

c)

The nazi's broke through synagogues, schools, and other jewish buildings, and broken glass was all over the streets

d)

The jews threw glass at SS officers as a protest

9.

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

10.

Who orchestrated the Holocaust?

a)

The Jews

b)

The Nazis

c)

The Allied Powers

d)

The Soviet Union

11.

What was the Nuremberg Laws?

a)

Laws that stripped Jews of their German citizenship and civil liberties

b)

Laws that gave Jews their own state in Germany

c)

Laws that gave Jews more rights in Germany

d)

Laws that allowed Jews to leave Germany

12.

Why did the Germans establish ghettos?

a)

To imprison Jews away from the German population

b)

To allow Jews to leave Germany

c)

To give Jews their own state in Germany

d)

To give Jews more rights

13.

What was the primary purpose of the Wannsee Conference held in 1942?

a)

To plan the invasion of the Soviet Union

b)

To discuss the logistics of the 'Final Solution'

c)

To negotiate peace with the Allied Powers

d)

To establish the Nuremberg Trials

14.

Which of the following groups was NOT targeted during the Holocaust?

a)

Jehovah's Witnesses

b)

Romani people

c)

Polish intellectuals

d)

Swiss citizens

15.

What was the significance of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943?

a)

It was the first successful revolt against the Nazis

b)

It marked the largest single revolt by Jews during the Holocaust

c)

It led to the liberation of all concentration camps

d)

It resulted in the immediate end of the Holocaust