Interwar: Vocabulary Practice

What defines fascism in the interwar context?

• A system where the state commands total loyalty

• A treaty reducing military forces worldwide

• An economy based on small private farms

• A political philosophy favoring direct democracy

Which dates frame the Interwar Period for global history studies?

• 1919 to 1939 between world wars

• 1815 to 1871 across Europe

• 1929 to 1945 during crises

• 1905 to 1917 in Russia

Authoritarianism is best characterized by which feature?

• Collective ownership with direct voting

• Decentralized power and local control

• Universal suffrage and open competition

• Submission to authority and limited freedoms

Which term names a ruler with complete power over a country?

• Chancellor

• king

• Dictator

• President

What is a regime?

• A government currently holding power

• A rebellion seeking to overthrow rule

• A bureaucracy managing daily tasks

• A treaty alliance among several states

What were collectives in the interwar Soviet Union?

• Urban workshops owned by craft guilds

• Large government-owned farms

• Private estates managed by foreign companies

• Small peasant farms

Which term means extending a nation beyond its existing borders?

• Appeasement

• Expansion

• Isolationism

• Neutrality

What was the League of Nations originally created to promote?

• Religious unity across all nations

• Global cooperation and collective peace

• Imperial conquest and colonial rule

• Economic autarky and closed markets

A boycott is best defined as which action?

• Currency devaluation to boost exports

• Refusal to buy or use goods and services

• Taxation of imported luxury goods

• Mandatory rationing of scarce supplies

The 1939 Non‑Aggression Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union included which provision?

• A treaty creating a joint parliament

• An agreement to defend Poland’s borders

• A plan to disarm all European states

• A pledge not to attack each other