Lesson Y9-U06-L03

Life and Dignity in the Ghettos Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 19

20 questions

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Lesson Y9-U06-L03, Life and Dignity in the Ghettos: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 History (National Curriculum), Unit 19: Year 9: The Holocaust, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. On what date did Germany invade Poland, starting the Second World War?

    • 30 January 1933
    • 1 September 1939
    • 1 April 1933
    • 9 November 1938

  2. Roughly how many Jewish people lived in Poland when Germany invaded in 1939?

    • About 330 million
    • About 33 million
    • About 330,000
    • About 3.3 million

  3. When was the Warsaw ghetto sealed?

    • November 1940
    • April 1933
    • November 1938
    • September 1939

  4. How many people were held in the Warsaw ghetto?

    • Over 400,000
    • About 4,000
    • Around 4 million
    • Under 40,000

  5. What was the official daily food ration in the ghettos?

    • About 1,800-2,200 calories a day
    • About 18-22 calories a day
    • About 180-220 calories a day
    • About 2,800-3,200 calories a day

  6. Up to how many people at most shared a single room in the Warsaw ghetto?

    • Twenty people
    • Two people
    • Nine people
    • Five people

  7. Who often smuggled extra food into the ghettos to help people survive?

    • Judenrat leaders
    • Foreign diplomats
    • Children
    • Nazi guards

  8. What was the name of the Jewish council forced by Nazis to run a ghetto?

    • Gestapo
    • Reichstag
    • Einsatzgruppen
    • Judenrat

  9. What was a sealed-off, overcrowded urban area where Jewish people were forced to live?

    • Extermination site
    • Ghetto
    • Labour colony
    • Concentration camp

  10. What term means forcing people to leave their homes and move away against their will?

    • Migration
    • Evacuation
    • Emigration
    • Deportation

  11. What term describes keeping culture, faith, learning and hope alive in the ghettos?

    • Passive surrender
    • Armed rebellion
    • Military strategy
    • Spiritual resistance

  12. What did the secret Oneg Shabbat group in the Warsaw ghetto do to preserve history?

    • Buried an archive
    • Fled to Britain
    • Destroyed records
    • Broadcasted radio

  13. Which teacher protected and taught the orphans in his care in the ghetto?

    • Martin Niemoller
    • Janusz Korczak
    • Hans Scholl
    • Oskar Schindler

  14. What was the main purpose of secret schools operating inside the ghettos?

    • Training soldiers
    • Producing weapons
    • Farming crops
    • Teaching children

  15. Roughly how many Jewish people came under Nazi control after the 1939 invasion of Poland?

    • 1 million
    • 100 thousand
    • 10 million
    • 3.3 million

  16. What did extreme overcrowding in ghetto rooms primarily demonstrate about Nazi policy?

    • Deliberate harshness
    • Accidental shortage
    • Generous housing
    • Temporary shelter

  17. What form of resistance was shown by Jewish doctors keeping ghetto hospitals running?

    • Armed uprising
    • Sabotaging factories
    • Protecting human life
    • Smuggling weapons

  18. What was the main consequence of critically low daily ghetto food rations?

    • Mass migration
    • Economic boom
    • Better hygiene
    • Severe starvation

  19. Why did the Nazis intentionally make the ghettos overcrowded and short of food?

    • To promote health
    • To save money
    • To weaken and control
    • To encourage work

  20. Why was recording the truth through secret archives an important form of resistance?

    • Secured weapons
    • Allowed escape
    • Provided income
    • Preserved evidence

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