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Totalitarian Governments WWII

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Totalitarian dictator of the Soviet Union; he used violent crackdowns on his political enemies to strengthen his control. He led the Soviet Union through WWII and created a powerful Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe after the war

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Neville Chamberlain

2.

Totalitarian dictator of Germany. His aggressive invasion of European countries led to WWII. He believed in the supremacy of the German Aryan race and was

responsible for the mass murder of millions of Jews and others in the Holocaust

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Hideki Tojo

3.

Italian Fascist leader, he ruled as Italy's dictator for more than 20 years beginning in 1922 and made Italy a totalitarian state. His alliance with Adolf Hitler brought Italy into WWII

(a)  

4.
Totalitarian governments are able to maintain control of their people with the use of all of the following EXCEPT
a)
violence
b)
voting booths
c)
intimidation
d)
police force
5.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of totalitarianism?
a)
government elimination of op positional groups
b)
free and open discussion of ideas
c)
a single party system with one candidate
d)
government control of communications and media
6.

Communism

a)

a government where the state has complete control over every part of public and private life 

b)

a society with no classes or private property and all businesses are run by the government 

c)

a political belief that focuses on extreme nationalism and a dictatorship of one leader with only one party

d)

time period in the Soviet Union when Stalin tried to get rid of all opposition to his leadership 

7.

Anti-Semitism

a)

the compensation for war damage paid by a defeated state

b)

 information or material that is spread, of a bias nature, to make people feel a certain way

c)

plan by Stalin to improve industrialization in the Soviet Union 

d)

prejudice or hatred against Jews

8.

information or material that is spread, of a bias nature, to make people feel a certain way

a)
advertisement
b)
news report
c)
propaganda
d)
disinformation
9.

time period in the Soviet Union when Stalin tried to get rid of all opposition to his leadership 

a)
Purge of the Party
b)
Red Terror
c)
Great Purge
d)
Cultural Revolution
10.

a political belief that focuses on extreme nationalism and a dictatorship of one leader with only one party 

a)
Totalitarianism
b)
Communism
c)
Anarchism
d)
Fascism
11.

plan by Stalin to improve industrialization in the Soviet Union 

a)
Five-Year Plans
b)
Soviet Production Initiative
c)
Industrial Growth Strategy
d)
Economic Reforms
12.

Reparations

a)

33 Billion dollars paid by Germany to the Allies after WWI

b)

the compensation for war damage paid by a defeated state

c)

the bill your repair man gives you after fixing an appliance

d)

a tax that is levied on electricity