Vocab list #2

Question 1

genocide

Answer 1

the systematic killing of a group with the intent to wipe out a religious, ethnic, or racial group

Question 2

ghettos

Answer 2

historically, a part of a city where a minority, often based on ethnicity or religion, was required to live

Question 3

holocaust

Answer 3

the period of state -sponsored persecution of millions of Jews by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime, with the goal of exterminating Europe’s Jewish population

Question 4

persecution

Answer 4

the oppression and or harassment of people based on their race, religion, color, national origin, or other distinguish characteristics