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Comprehension Questions, //The Holocaust//, Chapter 2 Page 7: **__ANSWER EACH QUESTION IN YOUR OWN WORDS AND IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.__**

1. Why were Jewish people living in Europe considered outsiders? The Jews were considered outsiders because they came from a different country. They came from the Middle East.

2. Where did the Jews live 3,000 years ago? They lived in the land of Canaan-- Israel now.

3. What is the last thing that remains from the time when the Jews lived there? The last remains from 2,000 years ago is the Western Wall in Israel.

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1. What happened to the Jews in the year 70? They rebelled against the Romans, so they had to leave their homeland. They were forced out.

2. What did the Jews do when they resettled all over the world? Did they assimilate? They kept their identity ("a sense of themselves as a people"), their religion, and their culture.

3. What did the Christians believe happened to Jesus? Who was Jesus? Jesus was a Jewish man and the son of God. Some Christians blamed the Jews for Jesus' death, and the Jews did not believe that Jesus was the son of God.

4. What did some Christians believe in the Middle Ages? Some Christians believed that the Jews were trying to stop the spreading of Christianity. They made up gory story about the Jews.

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1. What happened to the Jews in Cologne in the 14th century? The Jews were put into a hole and burned to death.

2. What is a ghetto? Why did the Jews have to live in them? A ghetto is an area in a city, surrounded by a gate or a fence to keep people who live in it separated from the rest of the population. The Jews had to live in ghettos because people were afraid of them and hated them.

3. What did the Jews had to wear in Venice, Italy? In Oxford, England? In Venice, the Jews "had to wear badges or hats," and in Oxford, they had "to wear a yellow star."

4. What language do some Jewish people speak? Some Jews speak Yiddish.

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1. What did people blame the Jews for in the 14th century? The Jews were blamed for the plague that was spreading in Europe.

2. What did M. Luther think of the Jews in 1543? Martin Luther thought Jews were stupid and evil.

3. What were pograms in Russia? In Russia, the Jews' houses were destroyed, and the Jews were beaten up. Many Jews left Russia during these years (1871-1905).

4. What were people starting to think about in Europe in the 18th-19th century? People/Europeans started to think that everybody was equal, the same.

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1. What happened to Jewish people in the 19th and 29th centuries? They finally found their place in society. They could work and live with other ethnic groups, out of the ghettos.

2. What did some Jews start to do in Western Europe? They assimilated with the majority. They became important and successful people.

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1. Why did people start to hate the Jews again in Europe? Europeans started to envy the success of the Jews. They wanted the Jews to leave their country.

2. What happened to the Jews during WW1? Many Jews became soldiers and fought in the war and were treated equally.

3. Who won WW1 and what happened to the losing country? The allies-- Britain, France, Italy, and the United States-- won WW1. The Germans had to give up land and pay a lot of money to the victors.

4. What were German people angry about? The Germans were angry because they had lost a lot of land. 