Causes of WWII Review

Who was Benito Mussolini?

• The dictator of France during WWII

• The dictator of Germany during WWII

• The dictator of Italy during WWII

• The dictator of Russia during WWII

What is Fascism?

• A democratic government.

• A government against communism that is focused on nationalism and loyalty.

• A type of communist government.

• A government that is partially communist and partially democratic.

Adolf Hitler was the leader of what political party?

• The Nazi (National Socialist) party in Germany.

• The NRA (National Republicans of Ireland) in Ireland.

• The Fascist party in Italy.

• The Communist Party in the Soviet Union.

What is Nazism?

• A German group that supported war.

• A German group that hated Americans.

• A German group that hated communism and supported racial and religious hatred.

• A German group that enjoyed books.

What was Germany like after World War I?

*Choose all that apply*

• Germany's economy rebounded and the country quickly recovered.

• Germany was in severe debt from the Versailles Treaty.

• Germans were blamed entirely in Europe for the war.

• Germany's political system was weakened leaving it open to the rise of a dictator.

What is the best description for Communism in the USSR?

• A democratic government where everyone has a say in laws and government actions.

• A totalitarian government where the community shares wealth equally.

• Another word for Nazism.

• A monarchy (king/queen) in power making ALL of the decisions for a country and its people.

Who was the leader that brought Communism to power in the USSR (Soviet Union)?

• Benito Mussolini

• Joseph Stalin

• Adolf Hitler

• Winston Churchill

What is appeasement?

• Giving into demands to prevent going to war.

• Starting war with another country.

• Forcing countries to pay back their debts.

• Removing dictators from power.

What countries with totalitarian dictators invaded weaker, neighboring countries? *click all that apply*

• Japan invaded China.

• Germany invaded Austria.

• Italy invaded Ethiopia.

• Russia invaded Germany.

What was the Munich Agreement?

• An agreement to stop Hitler from taking over other countries in Europe.

• An agreement made in Europe to appease Adolf Hitler and Germany by allowing him to takeover Sudetenland.

• An agreement with the United States to fight Germany.

• An agreement to reform alliances from World War I.