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IMPACT Ch 10-2 Rise of Dictatorial Regimes

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A totalitarian state subordinates individual freedom to government control

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Fascism is a philosophy that values the individual freedom to government control

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The Politburo was the most important policy-making committee in the Spanish government

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Russian peasants showed their unhappiness with Stalin's agricultural policies by hoarding food and killing livestock

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Italy and Germany helped Franco win the Spanish Civil War

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Mussolini's Fascist government attempted to control its citizens through

a)

mass propaganda

b)

mandatory military service in Fascist youth groups

c)

nontraditional roles for women

d)

rewards and honors

7.

Why was Mussolini's movement appealing to the Italian middle class?

a)

They thought he would protect them from Nazi Germany

b)

They thought he would support their standard of living

c)

They thought he would not go to war

d)

They thought a strong central government would prevent socialism and communism

8.

In what ways did Stalin's Five-Year Plans succeed and fail?

a)

They succeeded in terms of industrial productivity, but failed socially and politically

b)

They succeeded socially, but failed politically and in terms of industrial productivity

c)

They succeeded politically, but failed socially and in terms of industrial productivity

d)

They were not successful in any way, and failed socially, politically, and in terms of industrial productivity

9.

Stalin gained control over the Communist Party by

a)

purging people he thought were a threat

b)

preventing elections within the party

c)

making promises of rewards and titles to people

d)

using the popular vote of the people

10.

Parliamentary systems failed in most eastern European states, in part, because

a)

they all had large middle classes

b)

their citizens were too well-educated

c)

their systems were weakened by repayments

d)

these states had little democratic tradition

11.

Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931

a)

because the Communists threatened war on them

b)

to control its valuable iron and coal resources

c)

but was beat back by the combined Nationalist and Communist forces already fighting in China

d)

in order to beat the invading Soviet Union from taking over China instead

12.

The ___________________ was a chaotic Japanese massacre of 300,000 to 600,000 Chinese civilians

a)

Rape of Nanjing

b)

Great Purge

c)

Holocaust

d)

attack on Pearl Harbor