Rise of Dictators Quiz

What term is used to describe a political system where a single leader has complete control over all aspects of life within a country?

• Democracy

• Fascism

• Totalitarian

• Monarchy

What is the term for the policy of giving in to an aggressor's demands in order to maintain peace?

• Diplomacy

• Appeasement

• Isolationism

• Detente

Which term refers to hostility or prejudice against Jewish people?

• Anti-Socialism

• Anti-Communism

• Anti-Semitism

• Anti-Fascism

Who was the dictator of Italy during World War II?

• Winston Churchill

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Benito Mussolini

• Charles de Gaulle

Which leader is associated with the Soviet Union during World War II?

• Neville Chamberlain

• Joseph Stalin

• Harry S. Truman

• Douglas MacArthur

Who was the leader of Germany during World War II?

• Erwin Rommel

• Adolf Hitler

• Hermann Göring

• Heinrich Himmler

What was the Munich Conference primarily associated with?

• The start of World War II

• The policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany

• The formation of the United Nations

• The signing of the Treaty of Versailles

What were the Neutrality Acts?

• Hitler's doctrine of appeasement during the 1930s.

• A decision made by the League of Nations that demanded European countries to stay neutral in the next war.

• Laws enacted by Congress to keep other countries from developing interests in North and South America.

• A series of U.S. laws stopping the U.S. from loaning money or engaging in the sale of weapons to countries at war.

What was one of the reasons for the rise of dictators in several countries in the 1930s?

• The success of democratic governments

• Bitterness over the outcome of World War I and the serious economic depression

• The decline of colonial empires

• The rapid industrialization of developing countries

What was the state of Europe after World War I?

• Europe was flourishing economically.

• Europe remained mostly unaffected.

• Europe lay in ruins with destroyed landscape, farms, and towns.

• Europe experienced a technological boom.