WHII.11 Pruett

The main purpose of the League of Nations was to

• govern colonies
• maintain international peace
• impose sanctions
• regulate international commerce

Which of the following nations was not a leader in the League of Nations?

• Italy
• Japan
• Russia
• Great Britain

American banks in the 1920s began to fail because of

• the drop in stock prices
• severe inflation
• falling food prices
• rising unemployment

Based on the mandates of the League of Nations, which country was required to make payments for damages caused during World War I?

• Great Britain
• Russia
• Japan
• Germany

One of the main causes of the rise of fascism during the 1930's was

• the fear of communism
• anti-semitism
• foreign invasion
• worldwide economic crisis

What is one key trait of a totalitarian system of government?

• workers control of industry
• the use of violence
• freedom of the press
• multiparty rule

In Stalin's command economy,

• workers set their own hours
• the government alone made all the decisions
• millions returned to subsistence farming
• migrant labor became a major force

What was one of the conditions that surrounded the rise of totalitarianism in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union?

• Each totalitarian regime arose after a revolution
• all the regimes reenergized weak capitalist systems
• The regimes followed the devastation of World War I
• Each regime built upon a former totalitarian government

Which trait was unique to the totalitarian regime in Germany compared with other totalitarian governments of the 1930's?

• encouragement of a high birth rate
• Catholicism as a state religion
• an emphasis on total obedience to the leader
• belief in a "master race"

What was Mussolini's main goal in the 1930's?

• a powerful Italian army in the 1930's
• a "new Roman Empire"
• more natural resources
• room for population growth