The mass extermination of Jews during World War II is known as which term?

• A. Massacre
• B. Genocide
• C. Inquisition
• D. Holocaust

Answer: (D)

This question tests the specific name used for the systematic, state‑sponsored extermination of Jews during World War II. The term is the Holocaust. It refers to the Nazi regime’s organized plan, often called the Final Solution, to annihilate the Jewish people, leading to about six million Jewish deaths and millions of other victims from 1933 to 1945. The word Holocaust highlights the scale and methodical, industrialized nature of this atrocity and is used to name this particular historical event within the broader idea of genocide. The other options don’t fit as precisely: a massacre is a general term for mass killing without the explicit, organized, state-sponsored campaign behind it; an inquisition is unrelated to this period and context; genocide is the broader category of acts aimed at destroying a protected group, whereas Holocaust is the specific name for this WWII event.