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The Rise of Fascism and Authoritarianism

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was the Nazi Party founded?

a)

January 1933

b)

February 1920

c)

November 1921

d)

September 15, 1935

2.

Who became the chancellor of Germany in January 1933?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Erich Ludendorff

c)

Joseph Goebbels

d)

Hermann Göring

3.

What event led to Hitler gathering enough parliamentary support to pass the Enabling Act?

a)

Kristallnacht

b)

Berlin Wall construction

c)

Reichstag fire

d)

Munich Agreement

4.

What were the Nuremberg Laws?

a)

Laws aimed at Jews, stripping them of citizenship and outlawing marriage with ethnic Germans

b)

Laws aimed at communists, restricting their political activities

c)

Laws aimed at foreign immigrants, limiting their access to education and employment

d)

Laws aimed at religious minorities, prohibiting their worship practices

5.

Who was responsible for shaping Nazi propaganda through movies and radio?

a)

Adolf Eichmann

b)

Joseph Goebbels

c)

Heinrich Himmler

d)

Hermann Göring

6.

What was the main reason for the attack on Jews by the Nazis?

a)

To remove them entirely from German society and Europe

b)

To gain support from other European nations

c)

To establish a multicultural society in Germany

d)

To promote religious tolerance and diversity

7.

When did Mussolini come to power in Italy?

a)

1945

b)

1933

c)

1922

d)

1919

8.

What was the name of the street-fighting group formed by the Fascists to support landowners?

a)

Redshirts

b)

Blueshirts

c)

Whiteshirts

d)

Blackshirts

9.

What did the Fascists learn from their violent clashes in the Po Valley?

a)

Violence was an effective political tool

b)

The liberals were supportive

c)

The government was strong

d)

Violence was not effective

10.

What did Mussolini attempt to build in the 1930s to strengthen Fascism?

a)

Nuclear weapons

b)

Overseas empire

c)

Alliance with Germany

d)

Economic alliance with the US

11.

Who was the founder of Italian Fascism?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Francisco Franco

d)

Joseph Stalin

12.

What inspired the Japanese strategy of building a close relationship between the military and the government?

a)

French leader Charles de Gaulle

b)

Russian leader Vladimir Putin

c)

German leader Otto von Bismarck

d)

British leader Winston Churchill

13.

What was the first advantage of the rise of the Japanese military for the state trying to industrialize and build an empire?

a)

Increased civilian control over the military

b)

Inspired national pride

c)

Reduced military power

d)

Decreased national pride

14.

What was the primary consequence of the controlled economy model in the Japanese empire?

a)

Enhanced civilian control over the military

b)

Allocation of all resources to the war effort

c)

Decreased national pride

d)

Weakened military power

15.

How did the Japanese military state aim to unify the internal and external aspects of the empire?

a)

Utilized propaganda to rally domestic support for wars

b)

Seized control of the state and utilized Japan's resources for internal wars

c)

Disregarded the domestic population and focused solely on external wars

d)

Encouraged the domestic population to oppose the wars

16.

What was a consequence of there being no civilian control of the Japanese military?

a)

Decreased military power and aggression

b)

Increased military power and aggression

c)
Improved civilian-military relations
d)
Strengthened democratic governance
17.

Who was the first Premier of the Soviet Union?

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Mikhail Gorbachev

c)

Vladimir Lenin

d)

Joseph Stalin

18.

What was the emergency policy adopted by Lenin to control the economy during the Russian Civil War?

a)

New Economic Policy (NEP)

b)

New Deal

c)

Five-Year Plan

d)

Collectivization

19.

What was the result of forced collectivization in Ukraine during the famine of 1932–1933?

a)

Increased agricultural productivity

b)

Improved living conditions for peasants

c)

Expansion of individual farming

d)

Deaths of about four million Ukrainians

20.

What system did Stalin use to organize the whole economy through a series of plans?

a)

Command economy

b)

Free-market capitalism

c)

Mixed economy

d)

State capitalism

21.

What did both communism under Stalin and fascism have in common?

a)

Promoted social and gender hierarchies

b)

Embraced right-wing ethnic nationalism

c)

Rejected individual freedom and equality before the law

d)

Embraced left-wing socialist internationalism

22.

What fundamental belief distinguished Soviet communism from fascism?

a)

Embracing right-wing ethnic nationalism

b)

Embracing left-wing socialist internationalism

c)

Promotion of social and gender hierarchies

d)

Rejection of racism and ethnic nationalism