Study Quiz history

What is one key trait of a totalitarian system of government?

• Multi-party rule

• Worker control of industry

• Freedom of the press

• The use of violence

What was one goal of the Communist government of Stalin's Soviet Union when they tapped people's telephones and read their mail?

• increasing open communications

• Making people afraid to protest

• Looking for a worthy leader

• Pioneering new technologies

What conditions surrounded the rise of totalitarianism in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union?

• Each regime, built upon a former totalitarian government.

• All the regimes re-energized weak capitalist systems

• Each totalitarian regime arose after a revolution.

• The regimes followed the devastation of World War I

Which traits were shared by all three regimes-Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union-during the 1930s?

• State control of the economy, a free press, state control of the police

• Single party rule, control of the churches, total control of the media

• Single party rule, state control of the economy, total control of the media

• Total control of the media, total control of the churches, total control of the police

Total control of the media, total control of the churches, total control of the police

• An encouragement of a high birth rate

• An emphasis on total obedience to the leader

• Catholicism as a state religion

• A belief in a "master race"

Which trait was unique to the totalitarian regime in the Soviet Union compared with other regimes of the 1930s?

• Partnership between government and business

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  Religious freedom

• The widespread use of propaganda

• A desire for a classless society

A desire for a classless society

• The people

• The Chief of Police

• The military

• The ruling leader

Which of the following is characteristic of totalitarian states?

• Internationalism, militarism, dictatorship

• Nationalism, dictatorship, collectivization

• Militarism, censorship, nationalism

• Censorship, anarchy, terrorism

Italians who were outraged by the Treaty of Versailles, wanted jobs, and sought increased nationalism, would have most likely supported...

• Joseph Stalin

• The Gestapo

• Adolf Hitler

• Benito Mussolini

• King Victor Emanuel III

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

• A rise of Fascism in Germany

• The Dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

• The Communist Revolution in Russia

• French Revolution