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WorksheetsChapter 16: The Rise of Totalitarianism Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which definition best fits totalitarianism?
a)
A government controlled by a church
b)
One party or person controls the whole country
c)
A government where the people vote on all issues
d)
A government with a king or a queen
2.
What religion is most of England?
a)
Anglican
b)
Catholic
c)
Baptist
d)
Jewish
3.
What religion is most of Ireland?
a)
Anglican
b)
Baptist
c)
Catholic
d)
Jewish
4.
What religion is most of Northern Ireland?
a)
Anglican
b)
Baptist
c)
Catholic
d)
Jewish
5.
Which group looks to (violently) unite Northern Ireland with the rest of the country today?
a)
Irish Republican Army
b)
Gaelic Stormers
c)
Irish United
Front
d)
Orangemen
6.
What country built the Maginot Line to defend themselves from future attack after WWI?
a)
Belgium
b)
France
c)
Germany
d)
Russia
7.
What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact (1926) outlaw?
a)
Religious Conversion
b)
War
c)
Tariffs
d)
Espionage
8.
Disarmament means to reduce a country's...
a)
Farms
b)
Religions
c)
Military
d)
Unions
9.
What country experienced the General Strike of over 3 million workers over 9 days in 1926?
a)
France
b)
Germany
c)
United Kingdom
d)
United States of America
10.
Which is true of the American economy of the 1920's?
a)
Many riots and rebellions broke out
b)
The economy was booming and America prospered
c)
America experienced a horrible depression
d)
America fought with Canada over borders
11.
During the Red Scare in America, which group was detained or exiled from the country?
a)
NAZIs
b)
Jews
c)
Communists
d)
African Americans
12.
During what decade did the Great Depression mainly occur?
a)
1910's
b)
1920's
c)
1930's
d)
1940's
13.
Who was president at the start of the Great Depression who believed government shouldn't interfere?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
d)
Harry S. Truman
14.
Who was President that expanded government to add jobs during the Great Depression?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
d)
Harry S. Truman
15.
The package of economic and social programs designed to end the Great Depression was named…
a)
The Great Society
b)
The New Deal
c)
The New Frontier
d)
The American Programme
16.
Who was King of Italy before and during WWII?
a)
Vittorio Emmanuele III
b)
Vittorio Orlando
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)
Pius XII
17.
Who rose to power to become dictator of Italy in 1922?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Francisco Franco
d)
Josef Stalin
18.
What was the name of Mussolini's political party that controlled Italy through WWII?
a)
Soviet
b)
NAZI
c)
Fascist
d)
Republican
19.
What was the name of Mussolini's party member thugs / soldiers?
a)
Black Shirts
b)
Red Shirts
c)
Brown Shirts
d)
Pink Shirts
20.
The March on _______ in 1922 saw Mussolini seize power in Italy.
a)
Naples
b)
Vienna
c)
Milan
d)
Rome
21.
In Fascism, what is most important?
a)
Religion
b)
The State
c)
Rights of Citizens
d)
Equality
22.
What was the name of the weak, post-WWI German republic?
a)
Weimar Republic
b)
Vichy Germany
c)
Second Reich
d)
Communist East Germany
23.
Who was elected president of Germany in 1932?
a)
Paul von Hindenburg
b)
Otto von Bismarck
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Konrad Adenauer
24.
Who rose to power as a dictator in Germany in 1933?
a)
Paul von Hindenburg
b)
Otto von Bismarck
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Konrad Adenauer
25.
What was the name of Hitler's political party that came to dominate Germany?
a)
NAZI
b)
Soviet
c)
Fascist
d)
Democrat
26.
Which was NOT true of the Nuremberg Laws?
a)
Jews could not marry non-Jews
b)
Jews could not leave Germany
c)
Jews could not be published
d)
Jews could not be doctors of lawyers
27.
What event began the formal NAZI persecution of the Jews in Germany?
a)
Kristallnacht
b)
Nachtmusik
c)
Spassenacht
d)
Stille Nacht
28.
When Jews were removed from their homes, they went to _________ before being sent to camps.
a)
Ghettoes
b)
Stages
c)
Ports
d)
Synagogues
29.
What is prejudism against Jews known as?
a)
Conscription
b)
Anti-Semitism
c)
Imperialism
d)
Totalitarianism
30.
What was the name of Hitler's NAZI party soldiers?
a)
Black Shirts
b)
Blue Shirts
c)
Brown Shirts
d)
White Shirts
31.
What is the name of Hitler's S.S. secret police?
a)
OVRA
b)
GESTAPO
c)
KGB
d)
CIA
32.
To whom/what did the Schutzstaffel (S.S.) swear allegiance?
a)
Germany
b)
NAZI Party
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
God
33.
How did Germans prove their racial purity in the Third Reich?
a)
Physical Looks
b)
A Written Test
c)
Interrogation
d)
Documentation
34.
What was Hitler's Germany called?
a)
First Reich
b)
Second Reich
c)
Third Reich
d)
Fourth Reich
35.
Hitler announced that German Aryans needed lebensraum, which meant...
a)
Room to Grow
b)
Economic Prosperity
c)
Communism
d)
Democracy
36.
In what country was Adolf Hitler born?
a)
Austria
b)
Germany
c)
Switzerland
d)
The Netherlands
37.
Who succeeded Vladimir Lenin as premier of the Soviet Union?
a)
Leon Trotsky
b)
Josef Stalin
c)
Nikita Khrushchev
d)
Leonid Brezhnev
38.
In what country was Josef Stalin born?
a)
Russia
b)
Ukraine
c)
Georgia
d)
Armenia
39.
Of how many countries was the Soviet Union made up of?
a)
1, just Russia!
b)
5
c)
14
d)
33
40.
What was the name of Stalin's totalitarian party that ruled Russia?
a)
NAZI
b)
Soviet
c)
Fascist
d)
Nationalist
41.
Fascism seeks a dictatorship by the...
a)
Wealthy, educated elite
b)
Religious Leaders
c)
Poor, Working Class
d)
Comic Book Nerds
42.
Communism seeks a dictatorship by...
a)
the Wealthy, Educated Elite
b)
Religious Leaders
c)
the Poor, Working Class
d)
Emo Hipsters
43.
Who were powerful, land-owning Russians who lost their land to the Communists?
a)
Kulaks
b)
Boyars
c)
Perestroikas
d)
Prokovskoyes
44.
What is the official religion of communist dictatorships?
a)
Atheism
b)
Christianity
c)
Islam
d)
Judaism
45.
What were the Soviet prison camps called that murdered nearly 20 million people?
a)
Gulags
b)
Sputniks
c)
Pravdas
d)
Laikas
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