The Holocaust — Unit test

Question 1

Read the excerpt from a UN report on human rights violations in North Korea.The gravity, scale and nature of these violations reveal a state that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world.–Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2014

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The human rights abuses in North Korea are unprecedented in their severity.

Question 2

The photo shows a Nazi leader.

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Heinrich Himmler

Question 3

By the time they met at Yalta in February 1945, the Big Three believed that

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World War II would soon be over.

Question 4

The excerpt is from witness testimony at the Nuremberg Trials. DR. MARX:You said before that the German people must have known of the happenings in Auschwitz. What are your grounds for this statement?VAILLANT-COUTURIER:I have already told you: To begin with there was the fact that, when we left, the Lorraine soldiers . . . who were taking us to Auschwitz said to us, "If you knew where you were going, you would not be in such a hurry to get there.”–Testimony of Marie Claude Vaillant-Couturier

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the Holocaust and other war crimes were well-known.

Question 5

How did the Japanese government respond to the Allies’ bombing campaign?

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They refused to end the war.

Question 6

Which was a result of the US occupation of Japan after World War II?

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The US and Japan became allies and trading partners.

Question 7

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resolutions

Question 8

A developing country rebuilding its roads might turn to which UN organization for help?

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the World Bank

Question 9

The Auschwitz Protocols testimonials were used to

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convict Nazi leaders of war crimes.

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