Lesson Y9-U06-L02

Y9-U06-L02 Persecution Begins Laws and Kristallnacht Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 19

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Lesson Y9-U06-L02, Persecution Begins Laws and Kristallnacht: 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 a national boycott of Jewish-owned shops begin?

    • 1 April 1933
    • 1 September 1939
    • 15 September 1935
    • 9 November 1938

  2. In which month and year were the Nuremberg Laws introduced?

    • January 1933
    • November 1938
    • September 1939
    • September 1935

  3. Which Nazi law stripped Jewish people of German citizenship?

    • The Marriage Loans Act
    • The Reich Citizenship Law
    • The Reichstag Fire Decree
    • The Enabling Act

  4. What did the Law for the Protection of German Blood ban?

    • Jewish people from attending school alongside other German children
    • Jewish people from living in the big cities of Germany after 1935
    • Jewish people from owning any shops in the main streets of their towns
    • Marriage and relationships between Jewish people and other Germans

  5. What did the 1935 pseudo-scientific chart do?

    • Counted the number of Jewish shops in each German town and city
    • Listed the synagogues to be burned during the following November night
    • Recorded the number of Jewish students in each university department
    • Defined who was 'Jewish' by counting grandparents

  6. What does 'Kristallnacht' mean?

    • Night of the Long Knives
    • Day of the Gods
    • Night of the Burning Books
    • Night of Broken Glass

  7. On which dates did Kristallnacht take place?

    • 9-10 November 1938
    • 30 June-2 July 1934
    • 1 April 1933
    • 27-28 February 1933

  8. What excuse did the Nazis use to launch Kristallnacht?

    • The murder of a Nazi officer in Munich during a street protest in 1938
    • The arrest of a Nazi leader in Vienna after a brawl in a public square
    • A fire at the Reichstag building that was blamed on the local Jewish community
    • The murder of a German diplomat in Paris by a desperate young Jewish man

  9. About how many Jewish-owned shops and businesses were smashed and looted on Kristallnacht?

    • About 75,000
    • About 700
    • About 750
    • About 7,500

  10. About how many Jewish men were arrested and taken to concentration camps after Kristallnacht?

    • About 3,000
    • About 300,000
    • About 30,000
    • About 300

  11. What happened to synagogues on Kristallnacht?

    • They were sealed to protect them from thieves
    • They were given to the Hitler Youth as clubs
    • They were burned across the country
    • They were closed for only one day

  12. How did the Nazis treat the Jewish community after the night's damage?

    • They paid compensation to every family
    • They gave the community new shops
    • They fined the community for the damage
    • They offered a free holiday to each family

  13. What did the Kindertransport bring to Britain after Kristallnacht?

    • About 1,000 children from army families sent to safe houses in Scotland
    • About 100,000 adults escaping the SS through the port of Hamburg
    • About 500 children from Hitler Youth camps evacuated by the army
    • About 10,000 children, most of them Jewish, to safety

  14. What is an 'upstander'?

    • A journalist who reported on Nazi rallies
    • A person who stood outside shops during the boycott
    • Someone who acts to help, the opposite of a bystander
    • A Nazi official guarding a synagogue

  15. What did the 1933 national boycott of Jewish shops involve?

    • Hitler Youth members selling goods door to door
    • SA men standing outside Jewish-owned shops
    • Trade unions blocking shop deliveries
    • Police closing every factory in Berlin

  16. What does 'persecution' mean in this unit?

    • Choosing a career in law or medicine after leaving school at sixteen
    • Moving to a new city for work and settling down with a young family
    • Treating a group cruelly and unfairly because of who they are
    • Sharing wealth fairly between neighbours and helping families in need

  17. Why were the 1935 laws significant compared with the steps of 1933?

    • They closed every Jewish school in Germany at once in a single week
    • They wrote persecution into the law, stripping citizenship and political rights
    • They ended the boycott of Jewish shops and returned their goods to owners
    • They gave Jewish people the vote for the first time in national elections

  18. Which category best fits the Nuremberg Laws on the escalation timeline?

    • SAFETY, meaning physical danger to life and limb in the streets
    • JOBS, meaning livelihood and paid work in shops and offices
    • CULTURE, meaning books, schools and learning in public life
    • RIGHTS, meaning citizenship and legal status

  19. Which category best fits Kristallnacht on the escalation timeline?

    • SAFETY, because the danger was now physical
    • EDUCATION, because schools were closed
    • JOBS, because men lost their work
    • RIGHTS, because a new law was passed

  20. Which best describes the pattern of persecution between 1933 and 1938?

    • It began with violence and only later became legal
    • It stayed the same throughout, with only the laws changing
    • It escalated step by step, from jobs to rights to physical safety
    • It ended in 1935 when the laws were repealed

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