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Rise of Dictators

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which country experienced the "Great Purge" in the 1930s, resulting in the mass arrests and executions of political dissidents?

a)

Italy

b)

Japan

c)

Germany

d)

Soviet Union

2.

Which term is used to describe a political system in which the government has complete control over all aspects of public and private life, often through the use of propaganda and suppression of dissent?

a)

Federalism

b)

Democracy

c)

Totalitarianism

d)

Constitutionalism

3.

Which political figure led the Bolshevik Party and played a crucial role in the establishment of a communist government in Russia?

a)

Leon Trotsky

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Vladimir Putin

d)

Vladimir Lenin

4.

What event in 1917 marked the rise of communism in Russia?

a)

the Russian Civil War

b)

the Bolshevik Uprising

c)

the October Revolution

d)

the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

5.

Which political party played a central role in the rise of fascism in Germany during the 1930s?

a)

Nazi Party

b)

Socialist Party

c)

Democratic Party

d)

Communist Party

6.

Who was the fascist leader of Italy who came to power in 1922 and established a dictatorship?

a)

Hideki Tojo

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Francisco Franco

7.

Fascism is the ______________philosophy of government that glorifies the state and nation and assigns to the state control over every aspect of national life.

a)

totalitarian

b)

MIltiaristic

c)

Monarchial

d)

Reasonable

8.

A fascist dictator takes control over....

a)

government

b)

government and society

c)

society

d)

they don't take control

9.

Which country did Japan invade in the 1930s?

a)

Korea

b)

Russia

c)

China

d)

Philippines

10.
What was one reason the Nazi programs and policies of the early 1930s appealed to many people in Germany?
a)
The people were frustrated with their current political and economic situation.
b)
Germany had been denied membership to the UN.
c)
Communism had been forced on them. 
d)
Germans fear that the British and French would take control. 
11.

Read the excerpt form Mein Kampf. What is Hitler saying about German's territorial losses?

a)

The only way to get back the lost German territories was by bribing the Allies

b)

The only way to get back the lost German territories was by buying them back

c)

The only way to get back the lost German territories was by force

12.
A political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism, a denial of individual rights, and a dictatorial one-party rule
a)
Fascism
b)
Communism
c)
Socialism
d)
Democracy
13.

Who was the leader of Russia (The Soviet Union) during World War II?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)

d)

Adolf Hitler

14.

What book did Adolf Hitler write while he was in prison that listed his goals for Germany?

a)

Communist Manifesto

b)

Mein Kampf

c)

Il Duce

d)

Yertle the Turtle

15.

What country did Mussolini invade in 1935?

a)

Libya

b)

South Africa

c)

Morocco

d)

Ethiopia