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Dictatorship and Aggression

Total questions: 98

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Russia and the communist will form the _________.
a)
Final Solution
b)
Nazi Party
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Axis Powers
2.
After Lenin's death in 1924, ______________ came to power and soon ruled as dictator.
a)
Adolph Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Haile Selassie
d)
Joseph Stalin
3.
As storm clouds gathered in the 1930s, the United States tried to  ____________.
a)
remain neutral
b)
mobilize for war
4.
After World War I, most Americans _________
a)
wanted to become involved in Europe's troubles .
b)
did not want to become involved in Europe's troubles.
5.
A ______________ is a ruler who has complete power over a country.
a)
Collective
b)
Nazi
c)
Dictator
d)
Nationalist
6.
A ________________state, is where a single party controls the government and every aspect of people's lives.
a)
Nationalist
b)
Totalitarian
c)
Collective
d)
Concentration
7.
In1922, __________________seized power in Italy.
a)
Adolph Hitler
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)
Haile Selassie
8.
IL Duce means ______________
a)
The Emperor
b)
The Ruler 
c)
The Leader
d)
The King
9.
Benito Mussolini forced/required school students to recite ________________.
a)
Mussolini is always right
b)
Mussolini is not to be stopped
10.
________________ is any warlike act by one country against another without just cause.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Aggression
c)
Isolationism
d)
Communism
11.
After Benito Mussolini and his Italian forces invaded Ethiopia in Northern Africa . . . ___________ asked the League of Nations for help.
a)
Adolph Hitler
b)
Haile Selassie
c)
Dwight Eisenhower
d)
Joseph Stalin
12.
The League of Nations ____________ Haile Selassie and Ethiopia against Benito Mussolini.
a)
provided help to
b)
did not provide help to
13.
The grim memories of _____________ made the British and French unwilling to risk another war.
a)
The Civil War
b)
The Spanish American War
c)
The Korean War
d)
World War I
14.
The Treaty of Versailles of 1919 which ended WWI _____________ by Adolph Hitler to his advantage in gaining control of Germany.  
a)
was used
b)
was not used
15.
Hitler picked the ________________ to be "Scapegoat" . . . someone to blame for Germany's losing of WWI.
a)
Russians
b)
Gypsies
c)
Romans
d)
Jews
16.
Hitler formed the _____________ to help him win power in Germany.
a)
Communist Party
b)
Socialist Party
c)
Nazi Party
d)
Fascist Party
17.
Hitler singled out the Jewish people for special persecution.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Nazis began to round up Jews and send them to concentration camps.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Concentration camps _____________ prison camps for civilians who were considered enemies of Germany.
a)
were not
b)
were
20.
In time Adolph Hitler and the Nazi machine would kill over ____________ Jews.
a)
600
b)
6,000
c)
600,000
d)
6, 000, 000
21.
Adolph Hitler's decision to exterminate over 6 million Jewish people was known as the  ________________ Solution.
a)
Jewish
b)
Final
c)
Aryan
d)
Hitler
22.
In 1931, ____________ forces seized Manchuria in northeastern China.
a)
Russia
b)
North Korea
c)
Japan
d)
Germany
23.
Japan renamed Manchuria Manchukuo and installed _________________.
a)
a Japanese military leader
b)
a Manchurian "Puppet" leader
24.
China asked the League of Nations for help and the League ________________.
a)
Provided help to the Chinese against Japanese aggression
b)
did not provide help to China against Japanese aggression.
25.
In 1930 Herbert Hoover _______________ the Roosevelt Corollary.
a)
enforced
b)
rejected
26.
During the 1930s, a strong _______________ mood gripped the nation.
a)
expansionist
b)
aggressive 
c)
isolationist
d)
communist
27.
During the 1930s, many Americans were _________________. 
a)
determined that the U.S. enter war in Europe if war broke out.
b)
were determined to keep the U.S. out of any war in Europe.
28.
The _____________ Acts banned arms sales or loans to countries at war.
a)
isolationistic
b)
imperial
c)
Neutrality
d)
Arms
29.
With war threatening in Europe and around the world, the U.S. believed that it should _____________ with Latin America.
a)
Station more troops in Latin American countries.
b)
mend fences and improve relations
30.
When FDR took office, He announced a ______________  of creating friendlier relations with the Latin American nations.
a)
Roosevelt Corollary
b)
Good Neighbor Policy
31.
FDR cancelled the  ____________ which had limited the independence of Cuba.
a)
Roosevelt Corollary
b)
Neutrality Acts
c)
Platt Amendment
d)
Monroe Doctrine
32.
"The Night of Broken Glass" mob violence directed at Jewish people and property. 
a)
Lebenscraum
b)
Sieg Heil
c)
Kristallnacht
d)
Kraut
33.
Allied slang term for Germans.
a)
Kristallnacht
b)
Kraut
c)
Lebenscraum
d)
Pogram
34.
means living space
a)
Kraut
b)
Jerry
c)
Kristallnacht
d)
Lebenscraum
35.
German Nationalist Socialist Worker's Party
a)
NAZI
b)
Communist
36.
Benito Mussolini was called ___________.
a)
Sieg Heil
b)
Kristallnacht
c)
Il Duce
d)
Fuhrer
37.
Adolp Hitler was called "The ___________."
a)
Fasces
b)
Kraut
c)
Il Duche
d)
Fuhrer
38.
The Rising Sun was a symbol used by this country during WWII.
a)
Germany
b)
The Soviet Union
c)
Italy
d)
Japan
39.
The Black Dragon was a symbol of this country.
a)
Germany
b)
The Soviet Union
c)
Italy
d)
Japan
40.

The Fasces a symbol of Roman authority was a symbol used by this country during WWII.

a)

Germany

b)

The Soviet Union

c)

Italy

d)

Japan

41.
The Swastika was a symbol used by this country during WWII.
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
The Soviet Union
d)
Japan
42.
Joseph Stalin was a dictator of this country.
a)
Germany
b)
Japan
c)
Italy
d)
The Soviet Union
43.
Adolph Hitler was a dictator of this country.
a)
The Soviet Union
b)
Germany
c)
Italy
d)
Japan
44.
Benito Mussoline was a dictator of this country.
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
The Soviet Union
d)
Japan
45.
Hideki Tojo was the Prime Minister of this country during WWII.
a)
Germany
b)
Poland
c)
Czechoslovakia
d)
Japan
46.
Neville Chamberlain who said, "Peace in our time" after the Munich Conference in 1938 which ceded the Sudetenland to Germany was the Prime Minister of this country.
a)
Czechoslovakia
b)
Great Britain
c)
Austria
d)
France
47.
After WWI, most Americans wanted to _____________ in international conflicts.
a)
become involved
b)
avoid involvement 
48.
In a ______________, a single party controls the government and every aspect of people's lives.
a)
Final Solution
b)
Capitalism
c)
Totalitarian State
d)
Idealistic State
49.
A __________ is a ruler who has complete power over a country.
a)
dictator
b)
pogrom
c)
faces
d)
nationalist
50.
A feeling of ____________ is a feeling of patriotic pride and devotion to one's country.
a)
Realism
b)
Idealism
c)
Nationalism
d)
Capitalism
51.
This country invaded and conquered Ethiopia in 1935.
a)
Germany
b)
The Rhineland
c)
Italy
d)
Japan
52.
When the emperor of Ethiopia (Haile Selassie) asked for help from the League of Nations he was _______________.
a)
given help to fight the Italians
b)
was not given help to fight the Italians
53.
He seized power in Italy in 1922.
a)
Adolph Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Neville Chamberlain
d)
Hideki Tojo
54.
He gained control of Germany in 1933.
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Neville Chamberlain
c)
Adolph Hitler
d)
Hideki Tojo
55.
The Nazi government of Germany singled out the ___________ for special persecution.
a)
Muslims
b)
Greeks
c)
Americans
d)
Jews
56.
Hitler selected the __________ people to be "scapegoats" . . . people to blame for the problems of Germany.
a)
Jews
b)
Krauts
c)
Arabs
d)
Asians
57.
A concentration camp is a prison camp for civilians, military deserters, political prisoners deemed enemies of the government.
a)
False
b)
True
58.
Historians often refer to the Russian government and leaders of this government as a ________.
a)
Dragon
b)
Bull Moose
c)
Bear
d)
Snake
59.
In 1931, Japan seized _____________ because it was rich in coal and iron.
a)
French Indo-China
b)
Hawaii
c)
The Philippines
d)
Manchuria
60.
In the 1930s . . . a strong feeling of _________________ gripped the U.S.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Isolationism
c)
Realism
d)
Revanchism
61.
Hitler's plan to exterminate the Jews of Eastern Europe was called "The ____________."
a)
The Final Solution
b)
IL Duce
c)
Sieg Heil
d)
Appeasement
62.
When FDR took office in 1932 he began a ______________ toward the U.S. Latin American neighbors.
a)
Good Neighbor Policy
b)
Final Solution
c)
 policy of appeasement
d)
"Test The Water" program 
63.
He promised to restore Italy to the greatness of the old Roman Empire.
a)
Adolph Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Neville Chamberlain
d)
Winston Churchhill
64.
He came to power in the Soviet Union after the death of V. I. Lenin in 1924.
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Adolph Hitler
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Neville Chamberlain
65.
Germany, Italy and Japan and  six other nations made up the ____________________ powers.
a)
Allied
b)
Axis
66.
Britain, France, the Soviet Union (Russia), the U.S. and forty five other nations made up the ____________________________ powers.
a)
NATO powers
b)
Central powers
c)
Axis Powers
d)
Allied Powers
67.
In August 1941, Roosevelt and Churchill issued  _____________________, which set goals for the postwar world.
a)
The Final Solution
b)
The Munich Agreement
c)
The Atlantic Charter
d)
The Appeasement Agreement
68.
Germany's decision to bomb the cities of Britain to literally bomb Britain into submission was known as the "_____________."
a)
The Final Solution
b)
The Battle of Britain
c)
The Appeasement Plan
d)
The Mahattan Project
69.
He said, "The U.S. must be an arsenal for Democracy."
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Hideki Tojo
70.
The invasion of ___________ in September 1939 began WWII.
a)
The Sudetenland
b)
The Rhineland
c)
Austria
d)
Poland
71.
The __________ attack on U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Sunday,  7 December 1941 began the U.S. entrance into WWII.
a)
German
b)
Japanese
c)
British
d)
Soviet
72.
This French port was where British and French forces were evacuated and saved from death or capture by German forces as 338,000 managed to escape across the English Channel.
a)
Dunkirk
b)
London
c)
Paris
d)
Rome
73.
The Great Depression of the 1930s _______.
a)
did not have anything to do with WWII.
b)
was a leading/major factor in the lead up to WWII
74.
The U.S. refusal in 1940 to sell oil and scrap metal to Japan would lead the Japanese to ___________.
a)
their Final Decision
b)
to decide to attack the U.S.
75.
The Treaty of Versailles of 1919 _____ a cause of WWII.
a)
was
b)
was not
76.
The Treaty of Kanagawa in 1854 ______ a cause of WWII.
a)
was
b)
was not
77.
The Pact of Steel signed in 1939 was between _______.
a)
The Soviet Union and Germany
b)
Japan, Germany and Italy
c)
Italy and Germany
d)
Czechoslovakia and Germany
78.
Appeasement _________  a cause of WWII.
a)
was
b)
was not
79.
The fear of Communism __________ a cause of WWII.
a)
was
b)
was not
80.
In August 1939, Hitler and Stalin signed the _______ Pact.  They agreed to not attack each other.
a)
Nazi-Soviet 
b)
The Atlantic Charter
c)
The Final Solution
d)
The Holocaust
81.

The killing of over 6 million Jewish people by Adolph Hitler and his Nazi Party was called the _____________.

a)

Holocaust

b)

Extermination

c)

The Blitzkrieg

d)

Appeasement

82.

He said, "We shall fight on the beaches, We shall fight on the landing grounds, We shall fight in the fields and in the streets . .. We shall never surrender."

a)

Adolph Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Winston Churchill

83.

He said, "Never before in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Neville Chamberlain

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Adolph Hitler

84.

This reverend (pastor) said "They came for the Communists and because I was not a Communist, I did nothing. They came for the Jews and I did nothing because I was not a Jew. They came for the Catholics and I did nothing because I was not Catholic. They came for the Protestants and I did nothing because I was not a Protestant. Then they came for me and there was no one to help me."

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Martin Niemoller

d)

Neville Chamberlain

85.

He said, "peace in our time" after the Munich Conference . . . which gave the Sudetenland to Adolph Hitler and Germany.

a)

Neville Chamberlain

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Martin Niemoller

d)

Winston Churchill

86.

Which of the following WAS NOT a cause of WWII

a)

The Great Depression

b)

Appeasement

c)

The Final Solution

d)

The 1919 Treaty of Versailles

87.

Adolph Hitler was indeed a cruel and ruthless leader . . . but . . . he always kept his word.

a)

True

b)

False

88.

By limiting economic ties with warring nations, the U.S.

a)

hoped to bring the U.S. into World War II.

b)

hoped to stay out of any foreign conflict.

89.

A term used by Nazis to identify a Caucasian of non-Jewish descent.

a)

Aryan

b)

Crisis

c)

Precedent

d)

Arsenal

90.

The existing practice resulting from prior actions. An act, that serves as a basis, reason or justification for further actions.

a)

infamy

b)

precedent

c)

crisis

d)

diplomat

91.

A ban on trade with another country. For example, the U.S. refusal to sell scrap iron and petroleum to Japan in the 1930s.

a)

infamy

b)

embargo

c)

chancellor

d)

Final Solution

92.

A place for making or storing weapons.

a)

Collective farms

b)

arsenal

c)

embargo

d)

concentration camp

93.

A close association of nations joined together for mutual benefit and protection for each other.

a)

Alliance

b)

Precedent

c)

Compromise

d)

infamy

94.

A representative of a government (nation) who conducts relations (business) with another government (nation) in the interests of his own government (nation).

a)

Chancellor

b)

Dictator

c)

Emperor

d)

Diplomat

95.

A term that means notorious; outrageous; scandalous

a)

infamy

b)

annexed

c)

Aryan

d)

embargo

96.

A symbol of Japan during WWII

a)

Black Dragon

b)

Red Bear

c)

Black Snake

d)

Red Moon

97.

Japanese cry . .. shout . .. for 10,000 years of rule or life for the nation of Japan.

a)

IL Duce

b)

The Fuher

c)

Banzai

d)

Sieg Heil

98.

The Pact of Steel was between

a)

Germany and the Soviet Union

b)

Germany and Italy

c)

Germany and Poland

d)

Germany and France

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