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1. On what date did Germany invade Poland, starting World War
II?
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2. When did Germany invade Norway and Denmark?
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3. What happened in December 1941?
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4. When was D-Day?
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5. What happened in May 1945?
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6. How many people died and how many nations took part in World War II?
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7. For Americans, why did they enter World War II and what was their clearcut purpose?
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8. What is a totalitarian government? Explain.
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9. In what specific part of the world did U.S. troops fight?
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10. Who was president of the U.S. during World War II and what did he
order to be dropped, which led to Japans surrender?
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11. Who is the author of Number the Stars?
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12. In what city and state does Annemarie Johansen and Ellen Rosen live?
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13. Define the terms Jewish and concentration camp.
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14. Define the term Aryan.
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15. What did Hitler believe about German people and non-aryan people?
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16. What happened in 1935 to Jews, shortly after Hitler became the
Chancellor of Germany? Explain at least 4 examples stated in the test.
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17. In the 20th century, there were two world wars. What were the dates
of these two wars? How long did they last?_________________________
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18. What are civilians?
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19.Why were children evacuated and where did they go?______________
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20. Summarize the article on the war effort.________________________
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21. What is a refugee?_________________________________________
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6. Summarize the Theresienstadt, what it was, where it was, and what
happened there. This is your only question so make it a thorough summary.
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7. Who was the king of Denmark who symbolized the nations resistance to
the German occupation during World War II?________________________
8. Who was Christians father?___________________________________
9. Who did Christian marry?_____________________________________
10. In what year did the sale of the Danish West Indies (now the U.S. Virgin
Islands) to the United States take place?___________________________
11. During World War II, after the German occupation of Denmark began in
1940, what did Christian often do?________________________________
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12. The Kingdom of Denmark has 2 autonomous provinces. What are
they?______________________________________________________
7. Why was the Danish rescue effort unique? How did this uniqueness help
the effort to be successful?______________________________________
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8. What was the code name for the earliest rescue operations?__________
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9. How many years did it take for the Germans to begin persecuting Jews
from the time that they first occupied Denmark?______________________
10. What was different about Jews in Denmark compared to Jews in other
countries?___________________________________________________
11. How did the Danish police help Jews?_________________________
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12. What does it mean to have one of the highest Jewish survival rates?
Explain._____________________________________________________
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13. What happened on Rosh Hashanah in 1943?____________________
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14. Why did the Jewish people escape to neutral Sweden? What did the
Jewish people fear?_________________________________________
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15. If the Jewish people did not escape to Sweden, what would have
happened to them?____________________________________________
16. What is one item that can be found at the Museum of Danish
Resistance 1940-1945?_____________________________________
17. Who was one famous Dane who fled to Sweden?_______________
12. Approximately how many Jews lived in the countries that would be
occupied by Germany?________________________________________
13. Many of the Jews of Eastern Europe lived in predominantly Jewish
towns or villages called what?___________________________________
14. What does the term emancipation of Jews mean?________________
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15. Who was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany, to Otto and
Edith Frank?________________________________________________
16. Where did Anne Frank live the first five years of her life?___________
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17. In Annes diary, what did she call the secret attic in which her family
lived?_______________________________________________________
18. What is the Gestapo?_______________________________________
19. While in hiding what did Anne keep in which she recorded her fears,
hopes and experiences? Why did this become so important?___________
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