Holocaust+Research

2) Log on and go to rdonoghue.wikispaces.com. Click the link to the Holocaust History.
Directions: Your task is to research the history behind WWII and the Holocaust. Below is a series of questions. You must answer each question. ECHO ANSWER. You do not need to write the question down because you are ECHO ANSWERING. Hand this in at the conclusion of class, and finish for homework if not completed during class time.

1) When did World War II start? 2) What were the years it lasted? 3) What are the Axis and Allies? 4) What areas did Nazi Germany control throughout the war? 5) What is a Nazi? Be specific. 6) What did the Nazis believe? What were their goals for the war and the world after? 7) What is the treaty of Versailles? 8) How did this help start World War II 9) What happened to Poland after the start of the war? 10) How did Hitler rise to power? Be specific. 11) What are the Nuremberg Laws? 12) What is a Ghetto, and where was the largest one? 13) What is Kristallnacht? 14) Why is the above event important to the beginning of the Holocaust? 15) What is "The Final Solution"? 16) What is a genocide? 17) What does the word Holocaust mean? Why use this word? 18) What is //Mein Kampf//? What does the title translate to? 19) What did Hilter write in this and why? 20) Why did the world let this happen for so long before trying to stop it? 21) Do genocides still happen? If so, how could humanity let one more happen? If not, how did humanity stop them?

For information please watch Brainpop on the Holocaust and World War II.

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