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Selected Resources
www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/hol-pix/campsmap.gif
www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-statistics.htm
DICTIONARY : http://www.tfd.com/Dictionary.htm
Click on the Internet links in bold font to locate the information needed to answer the questions below it. The first to complete the quest with 100% accuracy will be hereafter known as THE WEB MASTER and will earn 10 bonus points. Good luck!
www.ushmm.org
*Go to the LEFT side bar and click on Introduction to the Holocaust.
1. “Holocaust” is a word of Greek origin meaning
a. holy war.
b. sacrifice by fire.
c. war casualties.
d. night terror.
2. In addition to the Jews, the Nazis targeted all of the following groups EXCEPT the
a. Gypsies.
b. handicapped.
c. Jehovah’s Witnesses.
d. French.
3. The Nazi’s “Final Solution” to the “Jewish Problem” was a government policy that
called for all Jews to
a. leave Europe and move to Palestine.
b. work for Germans without pay.
c. convert from Judaism to Christianity.
d. be exterminated (killed).
*Return to the ushmm.org main page then go to the LEFT side bar and click on Holocaust Encyclopedia
4. Acts of Genocide against a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group can include
a. killing members of the group.
b. causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group.
c. deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about
its physical destruction in whole or in part.
e. all of the above.
5. The term anti-Semitism means hatred of
a. women.
b. Jews.
c. religion.
d. Soviets.
www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/hol-pix/campsmap.gif
6. According to the map and its key, _____________________was a Nazi death camp
located in Poland.
a. Bergen-Belsen
b. Gross Rosen
c. Dachau
d. Auschwitz
www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-statistics.htm
7. The percentage of the Jewish population killed in Poland during the Holocaust was
a. 14%
b. 33%
c. 69%
d. 91%
8. The total number of Jews killed in Europe during the Holocaust is estimated to be
a. 95,342
b. 1,135,269
c. 5,962,129
d. 12,640,341
www.annefrank.com
*Go to the red tool bar and click on Anne Frank Life & Times
9. Along with four others, Anne Frank hid from the Nazis in an annex of rooms over her
father’s apartment for ___________________.
a. 2 months.
b. 14 months.
c. 25 months.
d. 36 months.
*Click on Scrapbook at the top of the page
10. In _________ Jews started being arrested just for being Jews in Amsterdam.
a. 1932
b. 1936
c. 1942
d. 1944
***Bonus: Earn an extra point for each picture you locate and print of Nazi camps, Holocaust prisoners, and Anne Frank and family (maximum of 5 points). Print pictures from the Internet by right clicking on the picture, then hitting print. You may only use the websites listed on this webquest to access pictures. Do not use Goggle images!
