Dictators and Totalitarianism

1. Totalitarianism is:

• A system of government where citizens vote for their leaders.
• A system of government where there are no leaders
• A system of government in which the state aims to control all aspects of their citizens lives
• None of the above

2. Following World War I, the world sank into a period of low economic activity called

• Recession
• The Great Depression
• Dust Bowl
• Black Tuesday

3. The form of totalitarianism that took root in Italy after World War I was called ________________.

• Fascism
• Communism
• Socialism
• Democratic Socialism

4. Who led fascist Italy?

• Stalin
• Mussolini
• Hitler
• Lenin

5. Which of the following is true about the ways fascist governments operate?

• They outlaw rival political parties
• They glorify the state and the nation above the individual
• They allow for a strong dictator to rule without limits
• All of the above

6. What event allowed Mussolini to seize power in Italy?

• The Long March
• The March on Rome
• The Great Purge
• The creation of the Gulag

7. What function did Mussolini’s secret police serve in Italy?

• They organized attacks and raids against suspected enemies of the state

• They organized social events

• They protected Mussolini at all times

• They killed random citizens

8. Following the death of Vladimir Lenin, who took power as the new leader of the Soviet Union?

• Leon Trotsky

• Josef Stalin

• Adolf Hitler

• Benito Mussolini

9. One of the first major programs launched by Josef Stalin was the Five-Year Plans. What was the goal of the Five-Year Plans?

• To rapidly industrialize the Soviet Union

• To rid the Soviet Union of Stalin’s enemies

• To expand Germany’s borders

• None of the above

10. How did Stalin’s Soviet Union deal with religion?

• Religion was embraced and everybody attended church

• Freedom of choice was respected

• Religion was banned and replaced with communist ideology

• All of the above