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WorksheetsThe Rise of Fascism and Authoritarianism
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 22mins
When was the Nazi Party founded?
January 1933
February 1920
November 1921
September 15, 1935
Who became the chancellor of Germany in January 1933?
Adolf Hitler
Erich Ludendorff
Joseph Goebbels
Hermann Göring
What event led to Hitler gathering enough parliamentary support to pass the Enabling Act?
Kristallnacht
Berlin Wall construction
Reichstag fire
Munich Agreement
What were the Nuremberg Laws?
Laws aimed at Jews, stripping them of citizenship and outlawing marriage with ethnic Germans
Laws aimed at communists, restricting their political activities
Laws aimed at foreign immigrants, limiting their access to education and employment
Laws aimed at religious minorities, prohibiting their worship practices
Who was responsible for shaping Nazi propaganda through movies and radio?
Adolf Eichmann
Joseph Goebbels
Heinrich Himmler
Hermann Göring
What was the main reason for the attack on Jews by the Nazis?
To remove them entirely from German society and Europe
To gain support from other European nations
To establish a multicultural society in Germany
To promote religious tolerance and diversity
When did Mussolini come to power in Italy?
1945
1933
1922
1919
What was the name of the street-fighting group formed by the Fascists to support landowners?
Redshirts
Blueshirts
Whiteshirts
Blackshirts
What did the Fascists learn from their violent clashes in the Po Valley?
Violence was an effective political tool
The liberals were supportive
The government was strong
Violence was not effective
What did Mussolini attempt to build in the 1930s to strengthen Fascism?
Nuclear weapons
Overseas empire
Alliance with Germany
Economic alliance with the US
Who was the founder of Italian Fascism?
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Francisco Franco
Joseph Stalin
What inspired the Japanese strategy of building a close relationship between the military and the government?
French leader Charles de Gaulle
Russian leader Vladimir Putin
German leader Otto von Bismarck
British leader Winston Churchill
What was the first advantage of the rise of the Japanese military for the state trying to industrialize and build an empire?
Increased civilian control over the military
Inspired national pride
Reduced military power
Decreased national pride
What was the primary consequence of the controlled economy model in the Japanese empire?
Enhanced civilian control over the military
Allocation of all resources to the war effort
Decreased national pride
Weakened military power
How did the Japanese military state aim to unify the internal and external aspects of the empire?
Utilized propaganda to rally domestic support for wars
Seized control of the state and utilized Japan's resources for internal wars
Disregarded the domestic population and focused solely on external wars
Encouraged the domestic population to oppose the wars
What was a consequence of there being no civilian control of the Japanese military?
Decreased military power and aggression
Increased military power and aggression
Who was the first Premier of the Soviet Union?
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
What was the emergency policy adopted by Lenin to control the economy during the Russian Civil War?
New Economic Policy (NEP)
New Deal
Five-Year Plan
Collectivization
What was the result of forced collectivization in Ukraine during the famine of 1932–1933?
Increased agricultural productivity
Improved living conditions for peasants
Expansion of individual farming
Deaths of about four million Ukrainians
What system did Stalin use to organize the whole economy through a series of plans?
Command economy
Free-market capitalism
Mixed economy
State capitalism
What did both communism under Stalin and fascism have in common?
Promoted social and gender hierarchies
Embraced right-wing ethnic nationalism
Rejected individual freedom and equality before the law
Embraced left-wing socialist internationalism
What fundamental belief distinguished Soviet communism from fascism?
Embracing right-wing ethnic nationalism
Embracing left-wing socialist internationalism
Promotion of social and gender hierarchies
Rejection of racism and ethnic nationalism
