WorksheetsUnit 5 Lessons 25-26 Test Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
the organization of a society into industrial and professional corporations that exercise control over individuals subject to them and serve as units of political representation
a)
fascism
b)
republican
c)
totalitarian
d)
coup d’état
e)
corporatism
2.
a sudden, violent overthrow of an existing government by a small group
a)
coup d’état
b)
fascism
c)
republican
d)
totalitarian
e)
corporatism
3.
a person who believes in a system of government in which the people exercise power through elected representatives
a)
fascism
b)
totalitarian
c)
corporatism
d)
coup d’état
e)
republican
4.
a governing system in which a ruling elite holds all power and controls all aspects of society, allowing no opposition and often maintaining power with the use of terror and secret police
a)
totalitarian
b)
fascism
c)
republican
d)
corporatism
e)
coup d’état
5.
making concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid conflict
a)
appeasement
b)
fascism
c)
republican
d)
totalitarian
e)
corporatism
6.
the statement of principles and war goals reached by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1941, which later formed the basis for the charter of the United Nations
a)
Atlantic Charter
b)
fascism
c)
republican
d)
totalitarian
e)
corporatism
7.
June 6, 1944, the day that Allied forces invaded France to free it from Nazi rule and eventually defeat Germany in World War II
a)
D-Day
b)
fascism
c)
republican
d)
totalitarian
e)
corporatism
8.
After being appointed Chancellor of German, this man became the dictator and supreme leader of Nazi Germany.
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Franklin D Roosevelt
e)
Joseph Stalin
9.
Who organized a new political movement known as fascism in 1919?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Francisco Franco
d)
Joseph Stalin
10.
Mussolini believed Italy’s social and economic problems could only be managed effectively by
a)
a dictator.
b)
the Nazi Party.
c)
a parliamentary democracy.
d)
the restoration of the Italian monarchy.
11.
Many Germans viewed the new Weimar Republic as an illegitimate government because its leaders
a)
came to power in a violent coup.
b)
drew Germany into World War I.
c)
signed the Treaty of Versailles.
d)
supported the Nazi Party.
12.
Which of the following factors helped to radicalize German society in the years after World War I?
a)
drought and famine
b)
the rise of the middle class
c)
out of control inflation and unemployment
d)
the authoritarianism of the Weimar Republic
13.
The anti-Jewish violence that took place throughout Germany on November 9, 1938 was known as
a)
Kristallnacht- or the Night of Broken Glass
b)
Mein Kampf.
c)
the Night of the Long Knives.
d)
SchutzStaffel.
14.
As a dictator, Stalin’s First Five-Year Plan focused on:
a)
eliminating "enemies of the people."
b)
encouraging entrepreneurship.
c)
modernizing agriculture and industry.
d)
producing consumer goods.
15.
During Stalin's Great Purge in the USSR, many of the top Communist leaders
a)
came to dominate European governments.
b)
led a failed assassination attempt against Stalin.
c)
ordered the extermination of Soviet ethnic minorities.
d)
were executed or exiled to gulags
16.
In 1933, after the League of Nations pressured _____ to return Manchuria to China and formally protested efforts by _____ to rebuild its military, both countries left the organization.
a)
Japan; France
b)
Soviet Union; Italy
c)
Japan; Germany
d)
Germany; Italy
17.
What key idea from WW2 does this political cartoon best depict?
a)
Fascism
b)
Communism
c)
Appeasement
d)
the Red Scare
18.
By the summer of 1941, what nation was the last holdout against Germany’s complete domination of Europe?
a)
Belgium
b)
France
c)
Great Britain
d)
Italy
19.
After Japan’s attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, the United States
a)
became even more determined to stay out of the war.
b)
began arms shipments to China to help them fight the Japanese.
c)
entered World War II on the side of the Allies.
d)
imposed a trade embargo against Japan.
20.
The Nazi “final solution” was a plan to
a)
develop and use the atomic bomb.
b)
exterminate the Jews of Europe.
c)
launch spy satellites into space.
d)
overthrow Stalin in the Soviet Union.
21.
Historians estimate that the number of people killed in World War II, including civilians, may be as high as
a)
500,000
b)
2 million.
c)
60 million.
d)
1 billion.
22.
Which nation did Hitler betray and invade after having signed a non-aggression pact with them?
a)
Poland
b)
Ukraine
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Italy
23.
What bloody turning point battle in the Eastern Front forced the Germans on the defensive against the Soviet Union?
a)
Battle of the Black Sea
b)
Battle of the Volga
c)
Leningrad
d)
Stalingrad
24.
This major turning point battle in the Pacific crippled the Japanese navy and put them permanently on the defensive after they lost four aircraft carriers.
a)
D-Day(Operation Overlord)
b)
Battle of the Bulge
c)
Battle of Midway
d)
Battle of the Coral Sea
25.
Japan surrendered in August, 1945, because the United States
a)
captured the islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
b)
dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
c)
threatened to use the atomic bomb.
d)
took Tokyo, the Japanese capital.
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