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To accompany http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/btt/holocaust/flash/index.html Introduction: 1.)____ What does the term holocaust mean? a.) death of all b.) sacrifice by fire c.) up to God d.) killed without reason

2.)____ What term describes the extermination of Jews in Europe? a.) Shoah Hitler and the Nazis 3.)____ How did Hitler refer to Jews in his autobiography Mein Kampf? a.) a plague b.) a cancer c.) both of these d.) none of these b.) Extermination c.) Diaspora d.) none of these.

4.)____ Which was the first concentration camp? a.) Auschwitz b.) Sobibor c.) Warsaw d.) Dachau

5.)____ In September of 1935, the Reichstag passed two laws. Which were they? a.) the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honor b.) Nuremberg Legal Code and the Nuremberg Moral Code c.) Documentation Law and the Rights and Honors Law d.) These are all laws passed in September of 1935. 6.)____ The call Kristallnacht a: a.) protest b.) pogrom c.) uprising d.) Shoah

7.)____ What marked a significant turning point in the Nazis actions against Jews? a.) Nuremberg Laws b.) Kristallnacht c.) blitzkrieg d.) Shoah

8.)____ In video #2, what does the gentleman say that most people thought about Hitler at the beginning? a.) he was interesting The Ghettos 9.)____ Where did the term ghetto come from? a.) the Jewish quarter in Venice c.) American inner cities b.) the Italian word bur-ghetto (set aside) d.) German word for segregate b.) he was charismatic c.) he was a nutcase d.) all of these

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10.)___ What were the Jewish councils called that were ordered set up inside the ghettos? a.) Shoah b.) Judenrat c.) Jorgsteig d.) Reich Staff

11.)___ Which is true of the Warsaw Ghetto? a.) it was the largest b.) it held 450,000 c.) it was about 1.3 sq miles d.) all are true

12.)___ How many total ghettos were there? a.) about 40 b.) 140 c.) 250 d.) about 400

13.)___Which is true of Lodz? (see *Interactive map) a.) it was about 75 miles away from Warsaw b.) there were about 100 factories in Lodz d.) all of these are true.

c.) about 20% died due to conditions in the ghetto The Camps

14.)___ What were the SS units called that carried out the mass killings? a.) Einsatzgrupen b.) SA c.) SS d.) HH

15.)___ Besides shooting people, what else did the SS use? a.) poisoned food rations b.) planes c.) gas vans d.) all of these.

16.)___ Which isnt one of the death camps listed? a.) Treblinka b) Sobibor c.) Lodz d.) Trenblinka

17.)___ How many was Auschwitz able to exterminate each day at peak? a.) 2000 b.) 4000 c.) 6000 d.) 8000

18.)___ Which of the camps was considered a Category III which meant return not desired? a.) Treblinka b.) Bergen-Belsen c.) Mauthausen d.) Buchenwald

19.)___ Go through the Image Gallery. How many photos are there? a.) 10 b.) 12 c.) 15 d.) 18

20.)___ How far was Treblinka from the town they were living in (video 1)? a.)18 miles away b.) 25 miles away c.) 43 miles away d.) 58 miles away

End of War/Liberation 21.)___ In addition to the victims that were killed, there were displaced people. How many people were uprooted by the war or unable to return to their homes? a.) 1 million b.) 1.5 million c.) 2 million d.) 5 million

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22.)___ What was created to prosecute the Nazi leaders for war crimes? a.) the International Monetary Fund c.) the International War Crimes Tribunal 23.)____ How many were tried by the system? a.) 10 b.) 22 c.) 40 d.) 119 b.) the International Military Tribunal d.) the International Federal Reserve

24.)____ The photos show liberated prisoners from all of the following camps except: a.) Auschwitz b.) Mauthausen c.) Sobibor d.) Buchenwald

25.)____ (Map) Which country lost the largest number of Jews? a.) Poland b.) USSR c.) Hungary d.) Germany & Austria

Short Answer Essay: (Video) What was the prosecution of war criminals described as only symbolic for survivors? _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the Word Challenge! How did you do? _________ / 12

Next, go the following website and watch the overview. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_nm.php?ModuleId=10005143&MediaId=7827