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Rise of Dictators Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which answer best describes Mein Kampf

a)

A political party in Germany

b)

An event that leads to the death of 10,000 Jewish people in Berlin

c)

A memoir detailing the problems of Germany

d)

A letter to the Allied powers pleading them to lower the cost of reparations

2.

Which of the following was NOT a problem in Germany according to Hitler?

a)

The Treaty of Versailles' unfair terms were wrecking the German economy

b)

German Production was so strong that it lead to an overcrowding of warehouses

c)

The defeat of the Germans in WW1 and the ineffectiveness of the Weimar Republic were the results of Jewish interference.

d)

Communist interference in German politics were holding the country back

3.

Which answer was NOT a reason that Adolf Hitler was popular in the Middle to Late 1930's

a)

He was a passionate and animated public speaker that was able to Influence people easily

b)

He was a successful general during WWI and his reputation made him easy to trust

c)

He made promises to fix the economy and restore German power

d)

He opposed the deeply hated Weimar Republic and promise to dismantle it when he came into power.

4.

Who was the Emperor of Japan during WW2

a)

Hideki Tojo

b)

Hirohito

c)

Tokugawa

d)

Tanaka Giichi

5.

During WW2, Japan was considered what type of Government?

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Constitutional Monarchy

c)

Military Dictatorship

d)

Fascist Dictatorship

6.

The event that is now known as the first conflict of WWII was when Japan invaded what longtime rival country?

a)

India

b)

Australia

c)

China

d)

Russia

7.

Following Vladimir Lenin's death, this man seizes control of the Soviet Union.

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Leon Trotsky

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

Rasputin

8.

Describe the Great Purge

a)

Elimination of political opponents within the Bolshevik party by Stalin

b)

The ethnic cleansing of the Jewish population in Russia

c)

The engineered famine that Stalin used to punish the Kulaks

d)

The killing of Tsar Nicolas II and his family

9.

Stalin's plan to industrialize the USSR was?

a)

The Tanaka Plan

b)

The Five Year's Plan

c)

The Dawes Plan

d)

The Schlieffen Plan

10.

The first Fascist dictator was who?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Francisco Franco

d)

Hideki Tojo

11.

Benito Mussolini took power with the help of his secret police, the ___________?

a)

The Black Shirts

b)

The Brown Shirts

c)

The Grey Shirts

d)

The Green Shirts

12.

Mussolini's goal for Italy can be best described as what?

a)

Expand Civil Liberties

b)

Have workers control the means of production

c)

Remake the Roman Empire

d)

Spread the ideals of the Catholic Church abroad

13.

The Spanish General that led a revolution in Spain, which ended in a victory for the Rebel forces and the installation of him as a Dictator

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Francisco Franco

c)

Charles de Gaulle

d)

Hideki Tojo

14.

The Spanish Civil War was used by international countries for what reason(s)?

a)

To try and keep the republic in power for the Allied Powers

b)

To help expand fascist ideals for the Axis powers

c)

To test new military technology

d)

All answers are correct

15.

The Beer Hall Putsch is an event best described as:

a)

A meeting where anti-Semitic leaders discussed the Holocaust

b)

A failed revolution attempted that landed Hitler in Prison

c)

A bar fight between Hitler and Hindenburg, Hitler won.

d)

The fire that burns down the German Reichstag