Fascism & WWII Dictators

A ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government is a (a)  

• dictator
• president
• monarch
• advisor

Who was the totalitarian leader who rose to power in Germany and aggressively seized land, thereby eventually leading Europe into WWII? (a)  

• Mussolini
• Hitler
• Tojo
• Stalin

He was the fascist leader of Italy during WWII. (a)  

• Mussolini
• Hitler
• Stalin
• Tojo

Which of the following is an example of appeasement? 

• a nation invades a territory and is immediately met with economic sanctions meant to make them withdraw
• a nation invades a territory and the international community agrees to let them have it in exchange for a promise not to show any further aggression

Devotion and loyalty to one's own country

• collective
• nationalism
• lebensraum
• totalitarianism

All of the following were causes of WWII EXCEPT

• Lenin’s Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
• Harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles
• Militaristic, nationalistic leaders in Germany, Italy & Japan
• Major destruction caused by WWI

Censorship, mass arrests, and a secret police force are characteristics of

• parliamentary democracies 
• totalitarian regimes 
• republics
• constitutional monarchies

The harsh conditions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles after World War I helped lay the foundation for the

• rise of fascism Germany 
• uprisings during the French Revolution 
• division of Korea along the 38th parallel 
• Bolshevik Revolution in Russia

During the mid-1930’s, which characteristic was common to Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and Communist Russia?

• government ownership of universities 
• one-party system that denied basic human rights 
• encouragement of individual freedom of expression in the arts 
• emphasis on consumer goods rather than on weapons

Dates of WWII (a)  

• 1914-1918
• 1861-1865
• 1929-1939
• 1939-1945