Preunit assessment

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Pre-unit assessment

• The
• Holocaust

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Question 1 The Holocaust took place during this
war

• A. The Vietnam War
• B. World War I
• C. The Hundred Years War
• D. World War II

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Answer

• D. World War II
• WWII lasted from 1939 - 1945.

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Question 2 Name the first killing camp set up by
the Nazis.

• A. Auschwitz
• B. Chelmno
• C. Treblinka
• D. Dachau

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Answer

• B. Chelmno
• Chelmno was located near a town of the same name
  in Poland, and was the first non-portable killing
  center set up by the Nazis.

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Question 3 Which of the following is a well
known survivor of the Holocaust?

• A. Else Woieziek
• B. Helene Gotthold
• C.Anne Frank
• D. Elie Wiesel

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Answer

• D. Elie Wiesel
• The book Night tells the story of Wiesels
  experiences during the Holocaust.

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Question 4 After the end of the war, high
ranking Nazis were tried for war crimes. What
were these trials called?

• A. The Nazi Trials
• B. The Nuremberg Trials
• C. The Concentration Camp Trials
• D. The Berlin Trials

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Answer

• B. The Nuremberg Trials
• The trials were held in Nuremberg, Germany. It
  was considered fitting because this was also
  where the infamous Nuremberg Laws were passed.

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Question 5 This group was persecuted by the
Nazis, who forced many of these people to be
sterilized so that they could not have children.
Name the group

• A. Jews
• B. The Gypsies
• C. The Disabled
• D. Jehovahs Witnesses

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Answer

• B. The Gypsies
• The gypsies, also called the Roma, were
  considered an undesirable group by the Nazis,
  who also made all people of Gypsy blood register
  with the government so they could be easily
  tracked.