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Interwar period

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What areas saw the rise of a Dictator after WWI because of the Depression?

a)

USSR, Germany and Italy

b)

Russia, Germany and Japan

c)

Japan , Germany and Austria

d)

US, Germany and USSR

2.

Who is this person?

a)

Stalin

b)

Hitler

c)

Mussolini

d)

Franco

3.
A period of low economic activity and rising unemployment
a)
economic cycle
b)
expressionist cycle
c)
economic depression
d)
inflationary period
4.
Fascism emphasizes the need for
a)
a strong central government led by a dictator
b)
a communal system where the state owns the means of production
c)
special taxes to help pay for public works programs
d)
volunteers to help build bridges, roads and public buildings
5.
Many Italians supported the Fascist party because it
a)
Promised to improve the economy
b)
Was the only political party
c)
Pledged to unite Italy and Germany
d)
Ended the influence of the Church
6.
Which action is most closely associated with totalitarian governments?
a)
Elections and Free Speech
b)
Propaganda and Censorship 
c)
Allowing multiple political parties
7.

How did King Victor Emmanuel respond to the march on Rome?

a)

Gave Mussolini the power

b)

Ran away

c)

Resisted using the army

d)

Announced new elections

8.
What group did Mussolini organize to attack communists and socialists?
a)
Brown Shirts
b)
Black Shirts
c)
White Shirts
d)
Red Hirts
9.

In Europe during the 1930s, economic instability led to the

a)

rise of fascist dictatorships

b)

development of nuclear arms

c)

abandonment of colonial territories

d)

establishment of the League of Nations

10.

A series of programs designed to bring Americans out of the Great Depression..

a)

The New Deal

b)

Dawes Plan

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Anschluss

11.
Which European country faced the most economic problems after WWI?
a)
Great Britain
b)
Germany
c)
United States
d)
France
12.
What event marked the beginning of the Great depression in e US?
a)
End of WWI
b)
Passage of the Dawes Plan
c)
Stock Market Crash
d)
Election of Roosevelt
13.
The Great Depression began in
a)
1925
b)
1929
c)
1932
d)
1940
14.
After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.
a)
banks closed
b)
banks gave away their money
c)
they couldn't remember where they put it
d)
someone stole it
15.

Pick the best answer. Over-production of what led to the Great Depression?

a)

farm goods

b)

consumer goods

c)

farm and consumer goods

d)

Coronavirus

16.

Which of these does NOT represent the 1920s?

a)

a time of war & chaos

b)

a decade of cultural change

c)

increased freedom and dancing

d)

increased wealth

17.
What is` Anti-Semitism?   
a)
A term used to describe the ideal of human being blond-haired, blue-eyed and of Nordic stock
b)
A term used to describe hatred, hostility and prejudice against Jews
c)
A term used to describe the hatred, hostility and prejudice against Asians
d)
A term used to describe the hatred for democratic governance
18.
What is the title of Hitler's book?
a)
Mein Kampf
b)
Mein Kent
c)
Main Camp
d)
Mind Craft
19.
Nazis believed Germans were racially superior and Jews were ______ .
a)
prejudiced
b)
unkind
c)
inferior
d)
respected
20.

What is propaganda ?

a)

events that are correct.

b)

persuading others that yours side of the story is correct.

c)

when old or new events can be correct.

d)

all of the above.

21.

Why is October 29th known as Black Tuesday?

a)

Hitler won the elections

b)

The Nazi's came to power

c)

Stock markets in the US crashed

d)

100 thousand jews were killed by the Nazi's

22.

By what name was the National Socialist German Workers' Party known later?

a)

National Socialist Party

b)

German Workers Party

c)

Nazi Party

d)

Socialist Workers' Party

23.

Stalin's main political enemy was

a)

Lenin

b)

Hitler

c)

Trotsky

d)

Franco

24.

Stalin's concentration/prision camps are known as

a)

Gulags

b)

Kolhoz

c)

Sovkhoz

d)

Confinamiento por coronavirus

25.

"Lebensraum" means

a)

The economic policy of nazi reich

b)

The "living space" Germany has to conquer

c)

The main principles of antisemitism

d)

The nazi secret police

26.

Failure of a company or bank

(a)  

27.

¿Por qué crees que la gente apoyó los totalitarismos? (puedes responder en español)

4 lines
28.

What is the main difference between the 20's and the 30's?

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29.

This symbol belongs to

a)

Nazism

b)

Fascism

c)

Democracy

d)

Comunism

30.

This symbol belongs to

a)

Nazism

b)

Fascism

c)

Democracy

d)

Comunism