Nazti final key knowledge quiz

• How many Jewish people died in the Holocaust?

  6 million
• How many non-Jewish people died in the Holocaust?

  5 million
• What event brought millions more Jewish people under German control?

  World War II
• What was the largest ghetto established by the Nazis?

  Warsaw ghetto
• How many people were in the Warsaw ghetto?

  445,000 people
• When did the Nazis begin systematically murdering Jewish people?

  In 1941
• What were Einsatzgruppen units responsible for?

  Massacring Jewish people behind troops
• How many people did Einsatzgruppen units massacre in late 1941?

  One million people
• What was agreed upon at the Wannsee Conference in 1942?

  A new method for deportation and gas deaths
• What was the period from 1942 to 1945 known as?

  The Final Solution
• How many people were killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau?

  1.1 million
• How did responses to Nazi occupation vary among people?

  Some resisted while others accommodated Nazis
• What was a common form of minor resistance against the Nazis?

  Listening to BBC radio
• What type of groups existed in occupied countries?

  Violent resistance groups with various tactics
• What was one tactic used by the French Resistance?

  Bombing railway supply lines
• What was the typical treatment of resisters by the Nazis?

  Harsh, including torture and execution
• What type of governments did the Nazis set up in occupied areas?

  Puppet governments
• Which country had a puppet government called Vichy France?

  France
• Where did the Nazis invade in 1939 as part of Lebensraum?

  Poland
• Which occupied people actively participated in Nazi units?

  Danish and Dutch SS units
• What happened to Poles living closest to Germany during the invasion?

  Moved east to the General Government Region
• What was destroyed in the General Government Region?

  Polish culture, education, and leadership
• How many non-Jewish people were murdered in Poland?

  1.9 million
• What percentage of the Jewish population in Poland was murdered by the end of the war?

  85%
• When did the Netherlands surrender to Germany?

  May 1940
• How were Dutch people treated differently during the occupation?

  They shared the same ethnic background as Germans
• What happened to the Dutch royal family during the occupation?

  They fled to the UK
• What happened to the education system in the Netherlands during the occupation?

  It was not changed
• What was a form of protest by workers in the Netherlands?

  Going on strike
• What significant event occurred in the Netherlands in 1942?

  The first Jewish deportations took place
• What forms of resistance existed in the Netherlands?

  Illegal printing presses and hiding people
• When did the USA declare independence?

  1776
• When did the USA officially begin?

  1789
• Who was the first president of the USA?

  George Washington
• How much did the USA grow between 1789 and 1838?

  It doubled the number of states to 26
• What were the three major expansions of the USA?

  • Northwest Territory
  • Southwest Territory
  • Louisiana Purchase
• Why did the USA grow during this period?

  Due to conflicts with Native Americans
• What significant battle did the Indians lose?

  The Battle of Fallen Timbers
• What treaty did the Indians sign in 1795?

  Treaty of Greenville
• What did the Treaty of Greenville allow the USA to do?

  Take vast territories from Native Americans