WorksheetsTopic 17C Academic Language (Interwar Years) 2026
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 13mins
A period of low economic activity and rising unemployment (a)
an economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government (a)
Wealthy farmers who's land was confiscated by the Soviets under Stalin's rule (a)
a government that aims to control the political, economic, social, intellectual and cultural lives of its citizens (a)
a system in which private farms are eliminated and peasants work land owned by the government (a)
a political philosophy that glorifies the state above the individual by emphasizing the need for a strong central government led by dictator (a)
A camp used to get rid of defined undesirables (political, criminal, military, etc) (a)
the reduction of armed forces and weapons as a result of a agreement between nations (a)
belief in a policy of abstaining from alliance and other international political and economic relations
Dictator
Authoritarian
Totalitarian State
isolationism
favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom
isolationist
Authoritarian
Fascism
Dictator
a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force (a)
Stalin's plans to develop the USSR's economy, with emphasis on industrial output, but resulted in famine
Five-Year Plan
Disarmament
Collectivization
Comintern
the Nazi German state secret police-Geheime Staats Polizei
Cheka
Kulak
Gestapo
Gulag
NKVD
National Socialist German Workers Party - German political party joined by Adolf Hitler, emphasizing nationalism, racism, and war
Kulak
Democratic Party
Communist Party
Gestapo
Nazi Party
channels or systems of communication, such as newspapers and radio, that reach millions of people
Comintern
Mass Media
Propaganda
Collectivization
Command Economy
Match the following leaders
Austrian-born founder of the German Nazi Party and chancellor of the Third Reich (1933-1945). His fascist philosophy attracted widespread support, and after 1934 he ruled as an absolute dictator.
Adolf Hitler
Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)
Joseph Stalin
Fascist dictator of Italy (1922-1943). He led Italy to conquer Ethiopia (1935), joined Germany in the Axis pact (1936), and allied Italy with Germany in World War II
Benito Mussolini
a campaign of terror directed at anyone who threatened Stalin's power
Gulag
Holodomor
Great Purge
Red Terror
The programmed starvation of Ukrainians during the 1930's led by the Communist Party; millions of Ukrainian peasants die due to starvation
Gulag
Red Terror
Cheka
Holodomor
Great Purge
