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Totalitarianism 2

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of government did Mussolini bring to Italy?

a)

communist

b)

fascist

c)

representative democracy

d)

constitutional monarchy

2.

What were members of the Italian fascist party called?

a)

Brown Shirts

b)

Blue Shirts

c)

Black Shirts

d)

Red Shirts

3.

Who took over Russia after the death of Vladimir Lenin?

a)

Solzhenitsyn

b)

Tojo

c)

Stalin

d)

Trotsky

4.

What was it called when Stalin periodically had his "enemies" killed?

a)

exterminations

b)

wipeouts

c)

purges

d)

eradications

5.

Totalitarianism is....

a)

a government which has one absolute leader

b)

a government which is based on the power of the citizens

c)

a government which has three strong leaders

d)

a government which holds free and fair elections

6.

True or False? In a democratic form of government, the government uses indoctrination to teach a partisan point of view and uses spies / secret police to spread fear.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Compensation Germany paid (borrowed from the US) to England and France as directed by the Versailles Treaty.

a)

Totalitarianism

b)

treaty

c)

Reparations

d)

Fascism

8.

Which of the following did NOT happen under Stalin's direct leadership?

a)

The Great Purges

b)

Establishment of Gulags

c)

Holocaust

d)

Ukrainian Genocide

9.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of totalitarianism?

a)

free and open discussion of ideas

b)

a single party system with one candidate

c)

government control of communications and media

d)

government elimination of op positional groups

10.

A form of government where the state (country) is glorified above the individual

a)

Democracy

b)

Fascism

c)

Communism

d)

Theocracy

11.

A form of government where the government/leader has total control over the way citizens think and live

a)

Communism

b)

Totalitarian

c)

Socialism

d)

Anarchy

12.

The government’s effort to influence public opinion or the way people feel about something

a)

Persuasion

b)

Brainwashing

c)

Propaganda

d)

Totalitarianism

13.

Stalin’s plan to combine small farms into large, factory-like farms run by the government

a)

Urbanization

b)

Industrialization

c)

Ruralization

d)

Collectivization

14.

What was Mussolini's nickname?

a)

Der Fuhrer

b)

il Duce

c)

Man of Steel

d)

The Incorruptible

15.

Use of spying, imprisonment, and violence to cause fear in people is called...

a)

Police Terror

b)

Persecution

c)

Propaganda

d)

Censorship

e)

Indoctrination

16.

Hitler believed which race was the "master race?"

a)

Aryan

b)

Slav

c)

Caucasian

d)

Jewish

17.
Hitler wrote his ideas down in which book?
a)
Mein Kampf
b)
Mein Leben
c)
Mein Apfel
d)
Mein Hund