Totalitarianism Quiz

Totalitarianism is a form of rule in which:

• people have the power, as they vote to make laws

• a small group of politicians make the important decisions on government

• the government attempts to control all aspects of the lives of its citizens.

• a small, elite ruling class have total control over those in lower economic classes.

What is an economic depression?

• a small dip in economic activity in a society

• people of a society get sad about how bad the economy is doing

• enormous economic downturn with high unemployment

• a rise in economic activity leading to more jobs in society

The Treaty of Versailles had a negative effect on which country?

• Russia

• Germany

• Great Britain

• France

After World War I, which type of governments were failing the citizens of Italy and Germany?

• Democracy

• Totalitarianism

• Capitalist

• Communist

The Great Depression was caused primarily by:

• the failure of nations to reduce their military forces.

• an economic downturn and the U.S. stock market crash.

• a new interest in Marxist theory.

• the strengthening of European banks.

Nazi ideology included all of the following characteristics EXCEPT:

• superiority over all other races

• anti-Semitism

• pro-Aryan

• pro-Russian

The main goal of Stalin's Five Year Plans was to:

• prevent another war with Germany

• create a agrarian society that focused on feeding every citizen

• rapidly modernize Russia through massive industrial plans

• make sure communist Russia was a classless society.

The Nuremburg Laws led to which critical event in Hitler's Nazi Germany in 1938?

• The Blitz

• The Holocaust

• Kristallnacht

• Operation Barbarossa