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World War 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How would you describe an authoritarian state?

a)

A democracy

b)

It holds power and makes policy without consent of the people it rules

c)

It is a communist regime

d)

It gives power to the people

2.

What role did Franklin D. Roosevelt play during World War 2?

a)

He fought alongside Germany

b)

He placed emphasis on the defeat of Germany while monitoring Japan

c)

He allowed Germany to win the war.

d)

He remained neutral and asked to England to do so as well

3.

What fueled fascism in Italy during WW2?

a)

Hitler gaining power

b)

Inflation, unemployment and the "Great Depression" of the 1930s.

c)

Mussolini's government

d)

Argentina's love for fascism

4.

Following the signing of the Peace Treaty of 1919, where did the term "nazi" originate?

a)

The National Socialist German Worker's Party

b)

Mein Kampf

c)

The Treaty of Versailles

d)

The people of Germany

5.

Mao Zedong decided not to join forces with Joseph Stalin because...

a)

He felt that China wasn't strong enough to work alongside the U.S.S.R.

b)

China had already invested military resources on Japan

c)

China begin to create a dictatorship after ousting Chiang Kai-shek leader of the Republic of China

d)

China was strong enough to mobilize its own country and simply wanted a seat at the table

6.

What does "Mein Kampf" mean?

a)

Faith, Hope and Charity

b)

Power to the People

c)

My Struggle

d)

My Forgiveness

7.

What beliefs did Hitler share with his right-wing political group in 1919?

a)

To overturn the Peace Treaty and combat communism

b)

To punish Mussolini

c)

Declare war on the United States of America

d)

Join forces with Italy

8.

What was Joseph Stalin's role during WW2?

a)

He denied China a seat at the table

b)

He industrialized the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and forcibly collectivized its agriculture

c)

He followed the policies of Vladimir Lenin

d)

He defeated Hitler's military in Poland

9.

Joseph Stalin also...

a)

Used extreme police terror and helped to defeat Germany between 1941-45

b)

Saved parts of Poland and Romania

c)

decided not to invade Finland

d)

Fought alongside Germany

10.

Francisco Franco became dictator to which country?

a)

Ecuador

b)

San Salvador

c)

Portugal

d)

Spain

11.

The Axis Alliance Powers of WW2 were formed by:

a)

Germany, England and France

b)

Italy, Germany and Japan

c)

China, Japan and Taiwan

d)

The United States, England and Spain

12.

The Axis Alliance recognized:

a)

Germany's dominance

b)

Italy, Germany and Spain's territorial expansion

c)

Spain's dominance

d)

The defeat of the U.S.S.R.

13.

Adolf Hitler was inspired by authoritarianism practice by:

a)

Francisco Franco

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Juan Peron

d)

Benito Mussolini

14.

Juan Peron of Argentina studied fascism after witnessing the leadership of:

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Benito Mussolini

15.

According to Winston Churchill's wife:

a)

He was dissatisfied with his role as Prime Minister

b)

He didn't understand the lives of ordinary people

c)

He favored fascism over communism

d)

He felt that England would soon fall to Italy

16.

Vladimir Lenin was ultimately dissatisfied with the leadership of:

a)

Vladimir Putin

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Francisco Franco

d)

Benito Mussoilini

17.

Totalitarianism is:

a)

A democratic society

b)

Having complete control over all economic and political entities

c)

Communism

d)

Specific to Germany

18.

Inspired by Mussolini's march on Rome, which other dictator attempted the same feat:

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Adolf Hitler

19.

During WW2, most fascist banned:

a)

Women's rights

b)

Protests, dissolved labor unions and strikes

c)

International treaties

d)

Free speech

20.

World War 2 ended in:

a)

1939

b)

1941

c)

1945

d)

1947