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Worksheets28.2 The Rise of Dictatorial Regimes
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 2hrs 45mins
[Preview] Recall: Which Amendment of the US Constitution protects your right to free speech?
1st Amendment
2nd Amendment
5th Amendment
19th Amendment
[p1] By 1939, nearly all major states of Europe had become dictatorships. What TWO states remained democratic in 1939?
Great Britain
France
Germany
Spain
Italy
[p1] "A new form of dictatorship was the modern totalitarian state." What is a totalitarian state?
A government that aims to totally control the lives of its citizens.
A government that aims to preserve the existing social order.
A government that has the support of most voters.
A government ruled by a single person, usually a king or queen.
[p1] In a totalitarian state, which of these is given more value?
The rights & freedoms of the individual
The goals & growth of the state
[p1] A political philosophy that glorifies the state above the individual, emphasizing a strong central government led by a dictator, is (a) . (This term comes from Mussolini's 1919 political group.)
[p2] In 1922, Mussolini gained power through the threat of force. What title did Mussolini use (meaning "the leader")?
Il Duce
El Padre
Der Furher
Prime Minister
[p2] Which of these were means used by the Italian Fascists "to establish complete control over the Italian people"?
Read the text carefully to learn the correct choices.
The OVRA (secret police) monitored citizens' political activities
Newspapers, radio, & film were used to spread propaganda
Italian youth were enrolled in Fascist youth groups focused on military values
Regular fair elections showed the people's support for Mussolini
All Italian Jews were forced into concentration camps in southern Italy.
[p3] In the Lateran Accords of February 1929, Mussolini recognized the independence of a small area within Rome known as...
Vatican City.
Roman Empire.
San Marino.
Venice.
[p3] What was Lenin's "New Economic Policy"?
Read the last paragraph of this page carefully to learn the correct choices.
A modified version of the old capitalist system.
Retail stores & small industries could be privately owned.
The government owned & controlled all heavy industry, banking, & mines.
a policy of active government economic intervention.
a rapid increase in prices.
[p4] What was the shortened name of the new state that Lenin & the Communists formed in 1922?
TWO words, eleven letters total.
(a)
[p4] The main policy-making body in the Soviet Union was the...
Politburo.
Duma.
Soviet.
Supreme Court.
[p4] After Lenin's death in 1924, the Politburo was divided into two groups. What personal rivalry further strained these divisions?
Leon Trotsky vs Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin vs Adolf Hitler
Leon Trotsky vs Vladimir Putin
Bolsheviks vs the Politburo
[p5] Stalin replaced the New Economic Policy with his first Five-Year Plan. The Five-Year Plans were intended to transform the Soviet Union into...
an agricultural society.
an industrial society.
a democracy.
a monarchy.
[p5] Which of these were COSTS of Stalin's programs?
Find the correct THREE choices in the textbook section "Costs of Stalin's Programs."
Workers & their families lived in miserable conditions while their wages declined 43%.
26 million family farms were collectivized, leading peasants to hoard food.
Those who resisted Stalin's control were sent to forced labor camps in Siberia.
Steel production increased from 4 million to 18 million tons per year.
The production of heavy machinery doubled & oil production quadrupled.
[p5] What was "collectivization"?
A system in which private farms are eliminated & peasants work land owned by the government.
A government that aims to control the political, economic, social, intellectual, & cultural lives of its citizens.
A political philosophy that glorifies the state above the individual by emphasizing the need for a strong central government led by a dictator.
A destructive rampage against German Jews led by Nazis.
[p5] Stalin gained control of the Communist Party by...
purging people he thought were a threat.
preventing elections within the party.
making promises of rewards & titles to people.
using the popular vote of the people.
[p6 + Primary Source] According to Anna Akhmatova's poem, what needed preserved or saved despite the fear of death & gutted homes?
Free speech
Russian religion
Communism
The memory of Lenin
[p6] "A number of governments in the Western world were not totalitarian but were authoritarian." How were authoritarian governments different than totalitarian ones?
Authoritarian governments didn't want to create a new society, they only wanted to preserve the existing social order.
Authoritarian governments did not use propaganda or secret police to control their citizens.
Authoritarian governments allowed opposition parties, regular elections, and freedom of speech.
[p7] Parliamentary systems failed in most Eastern European states, in part, because...
they all had large middle classes.
their citizens were too well-educated.
their systems were weakened by repayments (from WWI).
these states had little democratic tradition.
[p7] What were the TWO sides in Spain's civil war from 1936-1939?
The Spanish military, helped by Fascist regimes in Italy & Germany.
The republican government, helped by foreign volunteers & the Soviet Union.
The First Order, helped by the Knights of Ren.
The Resistance, helped by the Last Jedi.
The northeastern province of Catalonia, centered on the city of Barcelona.
[p7] What other countries sent weapons to help Franco win the Spanish Civil War?
Read these last two paragraphs carefully to learn the correct choices.
Nazi Germany
Fascist Italy
Soviet Union (plus volunteers)
United States
Al Qaeda terrorists
