2021 7th Grade Final Exam Quizizz

Characteristics of a totalitarian government: (check all that apply

• Single ruler (dictator)

• Involved in all aspects of life

• Fundamentally reshapes society

• Broad agreement among the population

• Opposition is forbidden & destroyed.

The 3 main totalitarian government in the EARLY 20th century were:

• Communist Soviet Union

• Fascist Italy

• Nazi (fascist) Germany

• Tory (conservative) Britain

• Communist China

The totalitarian governments in the USSR, Italy, and Germany all: (check all that apply)

• Implemented a single absolute system of ideas (ideology

• Had a single, powerful political party and leader

• Used terror and spying on the population to control their people

• Used the tools of government and mass media to spread is propaganda and build broad agreement to their policies and ideas

• Built immense battle-stations called "Death Stars"

Fascist parties, and especially the Nazis, emphasized armed conflict. Thus, because the Depression allowed the Nazis to gain power in Germany, and they started WWII, the Great Depression led to WWII.

• True

• False

The Nazis are the German version of which type of totalitarian political ideology

• Communism

• Fascism

• Syndicalism

• Anarchism

Mussolini won the support of many Italians by promoting Italian nationalism, promising to solve the economic problems and to protect them from Communism.

• True

• False

What political party did Mussolini start?

• The Fascist Party

• The Communist Party

• The National Socialist Party

• The Labour Party

Which political/economic ideology did Mussolini follow?

• Communism

• Anarchism

• Monarchism

• Fascism

Mussolini gave himself the title "Il Duce" which means "the Leader" in Italian. and gave himself the powers of a dictator.

• True

• False

After the death of German President von Hindenburg, Hitler made himself dictator with the title "Der Fuhrer" which means "The Leader" in German.

• True

• False