Mid Term Review Sheet

Mr. Trzepinska

Holocaust and Genocide

Mid Term Review Sheet

Test Format

100 mixture of multiple choice, matching and true false (1 point each)

2 short answer questions (10 points each)

Prejudice in Our World and Key Terms

-Genocide

-Prejudice

-Discrimination

-Stereotype

-Conformity

-Anti-Semitism

-Propaganda

-Euthanasia

-Indoctrination

-Image

-“Class Divided” – Jane Elliot Experiment

Prejudice against the United States and 9/11

-Difference between Sunni and Shiite Muslims

-Holy book for Muslims

-Difference between Muslim and Islam

-Difference between Muslim and Arab

-Hammas and Hezbollah

-“Roots of 9/11” Video

-What are the “3 Rivers of Rage” in the Muslim World

-Explain why Arabs are angry at their own world and why they are mad at America.

-The Results of Middle East IQ Quiz

-What are the rumors about 9/11 in the Arab World

-“Middle East IQ” Quiz

Introduction of Genocide – Armenia, Ukraine, and Rape of Nanking

-Know the 8 stages of Genocide and the meaning and definition of each stage

-Know the United Nations definition of Genocide

-Ralph Lemkin and his contributions to genocide

-What was the “First Genocide”

-What religions were the Armenians

-“Armenian Genocide” Video from PBS and video question sheet

-Causes of Armenian Genocide (World events at the time, countries it occurred in, perpetrators, reasons for going after the Armenians)

-Put the Armenian Genocide on the 8 stages

-Results of the Armenian Genocide (deaths and resolutions)

-“Harvest of Despair” – Video and Question Sheet

-Know the main resource that Ukraine had

-Compare and Contrast how Lenin and Stalin treated the Ukrainian people

-What is a kulak?

-Know the methods that Stalin used to kill the people of Ukraine

-Know the results of the Ukrainian Genocide

-What was the Rape of Nanking?

World War I , Germany Before Hitler, and Hitler’s Early life

-Know the 4 MAIN causes of World War I

-Who was assassinated to start WWI

-Know what the leaders of the Great Britain, France, and the United States wanted during peace negotiations after WWI

-What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and how did they treat Germany?

-Define the Spartacus League and the Freikorps

-Know the Hitler family History (Original Last name)

-Know the members of Hitler’s family (Mother, Father, sister, brother, etc.) and describe the relationship that Hitler had with his parents

-Explain Hitler’s relationships with Eduard Bloch and Ernst Hanfstaengl

-Know the early dreams and ambitions of Hitler

-Describe Hitler’s service during World War I. How did he serve, what was he awarded?

-Know the people that stood up to Hitler (Gustav Von Khar, EritzGerlich, Franz Von Pappen, etc)

Rise of Hitler

-How did Hitler get involved with the Germany Worker’s Party? How recruited him?

-Know the title that Hitler gave him and what it meant

-Know the origins of the Nazi flag and the Swastika

-Describe the timeline of the Beer Hall Putsch, what was the plan? Why did it fail?

-Know the main points of Mein Kampf

-Know main people in Hitler’s circle of command and their roles (Ernst Rohm, Herman Goering, Heinrich Himmler, Josef Goebbels, Albert Speer)

-Explain Hitler’s new strategy in taking over Germany after he was released from prison

-Explain the struggles of the Nazis during the 1920’s. Explain world events that helped Nazis regain influence during the 1930’s.

-Explain how Hitler went from loser of the presidential election in 1932 to Chancellor of Germany

-Explain the role the Reichstag Fire, Enabling Act, and Night of Long Knives played in Hitler assuming absolute power.

Short Answer Topics: Students will answer 2 questions in at least 1 paragraph (10 points each)

1. Explain why Turkey does not recognize the Armenian Genocide as ever happening?
2. How is the Ukrainian Genocide different from the previous genocides that we have studied this year (Armenia, Rape of Nanking, Holocaust) in terms of methods, motives, etc.
3. Do you believe that the Treaty of Versailles created Adolf Hitler? Explain your answer using specific examples.
4. Why did the Beer Hall Putsch increase Hitler’s popularity? Consider the charges against him, how he pled, the media, and Hitler’s sentence.
5. Explain the process and major events that to Hitler becoming Dictator of Germany starting his release from prison.