Unit 9 Russia and Totalitarian Dictators

European leaders of England and France were slow to stop the advances of Hitler and Mussolini because

• they believed Hitler was harmless.

• the League of Nations prevented them acting against Hitler and Mussolini.

• with the European economy booming, they failed to take the threat seriously.

• they were still reeling from World War I and hoped to avoid another large-scale conflict.

In the 1920s and 1930s, the Japanese invaded surrounding territories MAINLY because

• they thought that a holy war was blessed by the gods.

• they had intelligence that China might invade them first.

• they wanted revenge for having been defeated in World War I.

• they needed raw goods to fuel their industry during the Depression.

During his rise to power, Hitler gained popularity and helped stir extreme anti-Semitic sentiment by

• convincing Germans that the United States was responsible for their many hardships.

• making the people of Germany believe that the Soviet Union was going to attack them.

• blaming the collapse of world trade and other economic failures on Jewish financiers.

• destroying the rule of law in Germany so that Germans would seek retribution on each other.

Benito Mussolini MOST LIKELY annexed Ethiopia into the colony of Italian East Africa because he

• considered them a potential economic rival.

• wanted to overtake colonies to build a large empire.

• saw an opportunity to take strategic land from Germany.

• believed he should eradicate an entire group of people.

The Japanese expansion throughout the Pacific during the 1930s was caused by

• China's threat to invade Japan during World War II.

• their need to acquire raw goods to fuel their industry.

• their desire to join Germany in its war against the United States.

• the United States' interventionist policies of the 1920s and 1930s.

· Lack of industrialization

· Low standard of living for most people

· Unsuccessful political and economic reforms

· Poor performance in World War I

All of these events led to the demise of the

• Tudors.

• Romanovs.

• Habsburgs.

• Bourbons.

Which choice BEST describes the shift in political power that took place following the Russian Revolution of 1917?

• Autocratic→Communist

• Communist→Democratic

• Democratic→Fascist

• Fascist→Communist

Which of these statements BEST describes the 1937 event known as the "Rape of Nanjing" (Nanking)?

• Chinese forces led bombing raids on the city of Tokyo.

• Japanese troops massacred thousands of Chinese civilians.

• The battle here was the longest in the Asian theater of war.

• Unlike the Holocaust, people participated in it went unpunished after the war.

Which statement is TRUE regarding the consequences of the October Revolution in Russia?

• It created the Warsaw Pact.

• It solidified the power of the tsar.

• It brought the Bolshevik revolutionaries to power.

• It made Joseph Stalin the Premier of the Soviet Union.

What was a key difference between the political and economic outlooks of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin?

• Lenin supported socialism; Stalin did not.

• Lenin allowed some private enterprise; Stalin did not.

• Lenin felt that governmental changes should be gradual; Stalin did not.

• Lenin implemented severe censorship of oppositional views; Stalin did not.