Rise of Dictators Final Review

The biggest problem facing Germany after the end of the WWI was

• Foreign invasion

• Rising inflation

• Internal rebellion

• American culture

Stalin would kill several million people during events known as what?

• Gulags

• Kulaks

• Firings

• Purges

Fascism is best described as what?

• A government that serves to benefit the people in the country

• A government where all resources are dedicated to the state

• Government that intrudes on all aspects of public and private life

• A government where people are working together for the common good

What factors led to the rise of fascist dictatorships?

• Weak leaders

• Political instability

• Economic depression

• All of the above

Stalin helped Russia in all of the following ways, EXCEPT

• Increasing educational opportunities for everyone

• Increasing production of wheat

• Producing more consumer goods such as clothing

• Producing more jobs due to industrialization

In 1933, what was not an attraction of Nazism?

• Economic recovery

• A sense of national rebirth

• Protection from capitalism

• The idea of a German community

Which of the following is not part of Mussolini’s definition of fascism?

• Nothing against the state

• Everything in the state

• Nothing inside the state

• Nothing outside the state

To help the Nazis gain power, they spread anti-semitic ideas which were

• Ideas against the Catholic Church

• Encouraged youth to be strong for future fighting

• Prejudiced ideas against Jewish people

• Prejudiced ideas against people of foreign descent

The main goal of Communism is to

• Create a war-loving nationalist state

• Create a democratic republic

• Create a classless and stateless society

• Create a direct democracy

This was Russia’s first parliament.

• Black Shirts

• Bolsheviks

• Third Reich

• Duma