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The Rise of Dictators

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is a severe and long-lasting economic downturn experienced by a country.

a)

economic depression

b)

clinical depression

c)

economic recession

d)

super depression

2.

What do countries experience during an economic depression? Check all that are correct.

a)

no jobs for the people

b)

no income because of the lack of jobs

c)

homelessness

d)

bankruptcies of businesses

3.

The striped area in the map between Germany and France was a demilitarized zone. What does a demilitarized zone mean?

a)

No armies are allowed.

b)

No armies should leave.

c)

The military should attack the zone.

d)

The military should not get near the zone.

4.

This was the period in the United States where people became jobless and homeless for a long period of time.

a)

the Great Depression

b)

the Great Recession

c)

the Great War

d)

the Final Solution

5.

He was the president of the United States in the 1930s.

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

George Washington

6.

How would you describe a totalitarian government? Check all that are correct.

a)

All branches of government are controlled by a single person or group

b)

Religion is banned

c)

People lose the freedom to speak

d)

The government control the news

7.

This term refers to the leader of a totalitarian government.

a)

dictator

b)

president

c)

prime minister

d)

representative

8.

This political party ruled over Italy before the start of World War 2.

a)

Fascist Party

b)

Nazi Party

c)

Soviet Party

d)

Communist Party

9.

He was the dictator of Fascist Italy.

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Hideki Tojo

10.

Which of the following was the symbol for the fascist party?

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

Which of the following was the symbol for the Soviet Union?

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

Which among the following were the beliefs of Adolf Hitler which he wrote in his book Mein Kampf?

a)

Women are supposed to work at home.

b)

Jews are responsible for Germany's economic troubles.

c)

The government should control the news.

d)

The German race is better than other races.

13.

This refers to small areas in the city that was reserved for the Jews. The Jews could not go out of these areas.

a)

ghettos

b)

concentration camps

c)

hiding places

d)

capitals

14.

This refers to the prisons where Jews were worked to death.

a)

ghettos

b)

concentration camps

c)

hiding places

d)

capitals

15.

Which among the following happened in concentration camps?

a)

Prisoners were called by their numbers, not their names.

b)

All their property were taken from them.

c)

Their bodies were burned or cremated and not buried.

d)

They were given a chance to prove their innocence.

16.

He was the dictator of Soviet Russia during World War 2.

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Vladimir Lenin

c)

Leon Trotsky

d)

Vladimir Putin

17.

These were the prison camps where political prisoners in the Soviet Union were imprisoned. These were located in Siberia.

a)

Gulag

b)

Auschwitz

c)

Ghettos

d)

Demilitarized zone

18.

What was the belief of Japan that guided their actions of invading western-controlled countries in Asia?

a)

Asia for Asians

b)

Asia for Japan

c)

Asia for Freedom

d)

Asia for Independence

19.

Which of these statements are true?

a)

Hitler and Mussolini became allies.

b)

Hitler and Stalin were bitter rivals.

c)

Hitler and Stalin were natural allies.

d)

Hitler and Mussolini were sworn enemies.

20.

Joseph Stalin forced his people to focus on the following industries. Select all that are correct.

a)

steel

b)

power plants

c)

oil

d)

food