Rise of the Dictators Quiz

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Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is a dictator?

A person that has absolute control over a nation and its people

A person that is elected by the people and answers to their will

A person that runs the government with limits to their power

A person that rules a nation fairly and justly

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What country did Mussolini lead?

Italy

Germany

France

The United Kingdom

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What African nation did Italy invade in 1935?

Ethiopia

France

Egypt

Madagascar

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Of what nation was Joseph Stalin the leader?

The Soviet Union

Germany

Italy

Japan

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following acts that Hitler did was a violation of the Treaty of Versailles?

Put German troops in the Rhineland

United Germany with Austria

Demanded territory that used to belong to Germany

ALL of these were violations

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What was the term for the British allowing Hitler to have the Sudetenland later referred as?

Appeasement

The Munich Peace Plan

The Great Deal

Hitler's Magnificent Promise

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What was going on in the 1930's that led to several dictators around the world coming to power?

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Panic of Central Europe

The Prosperity of the Great Nations

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

What led to the rise of totalitarianism governments in Germany, Italy and Spain in the 1920s and 1930s.

The success of the Communist in a command economy.

Severe economic problems that arose in Europe after WWI.

The active support of the United States.

Movements demanding the reture of the old monarchies.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How did Japan justify building an empire in the 1930s?

Revenging attacks by aggressive neighbors

Claiming ancient native lands.

spreading religion

obtaining food and raw materials

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Multiple Choice

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This word means strengthening a country's military; it's a cause of World War I.

Nationalism

Militarism

Alliances

Imperialism

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Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

This word means seeking other colonies; it was a cause of World War I.

Militarism

Imperialism

Alliances

Nationalism

12.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Who won WWI?

Allied powers

Central Powers

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

neutral

not taking sides

engaged in battle

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What events contributed to the beginning of WWII?

Political instability

economic devastation

rise of fascism

All of the Answer Choices are Correct

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Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who were the victims of the Holocaust?

Russians

Jews

Japanese

Germans

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Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

Who became the dictator of Germany and led that country into WWII?

Winston Churchill

Benito Mussolini

Adolf Hitler

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Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

What was the name of Hitler's form of government which denied individual freedoms took complete power of the Germany?

democracy

fascism

dictatorship

monarchy

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Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Who was Benito Mussolini?

The fascist ruler of Italy

The fascist ruler of Germany

The fascist ruler of France

The fascist ruler of England

19.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII?

Adolf Hitler

Joseph Stalin

Benito Mussolini

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which two nations did Fascism become popular in?

Russia and France

Italy and Germany

Japan and China

Korea and Portugal

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Fascism is the extreme form of...

democracy and equality

imperialism and alliances

nationalism and power to the state

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Fascist governments...

denied people their rights

gave people their rights

allowed for free elections

followed the democratic process

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Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who founded the Fascist Party in Italy?

Adolf Hitler

oseph Stalin

Benito Mussolini

Count Cavour

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which political party was Joseph Stalin a member of?

Bolshevik (communist) party

Blackshirts

Soviet Union Fascist Party

The Lenin Party

25.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What type of leader was Joseph Stalin?

Listened to the working class

Democratic Leader

Totalitarian Ruler

shared ideas with the masses

26.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How did Stalin help the Soviet Union?

restored the Pope to power

made the nation an industrial power

listened to the people

allowed for private property

27.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Mein Kampf by Hitler

Philosophical work "My Struggle"

Hitler's autobiography "My Strength"

Hitler's biography "My Stupidity"

Personal inspiration "My Semitics"

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Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

One reason the Fascist governments of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler came to power in Italy and Germany was that these nations...

were threatened by the United States

supported civil liberties for all

failed to join the League of Nations

faced economic and political difficulties

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Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What was one reason the Nazi programs and policies of the early 1930’s appealed to many people in Germany?

the people were frustrated with their current economic and political situation

Germany had been denied membership in the United Nations

a coup d’etat had forced communism on the German people

the German people feared that the French of the British would soon gain control of the Polish corridor.

30.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

During the mid-1930’s, which characteristic was common to Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and Communist Russia?

government ownership of the means of production and distribution

one-party system that denied basic human rights

encouragement of individual freedom of expression in the arts

emphasis on consumer goods rather than on weapons

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Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Fascism in Europe during the 1920’s and 1930’s is best described as a...

demonstration of laissez-faire capitalism that promoted free enterprise

form of totalitarianism that glorified the state above the individual.

set of humanist ideas that emphasized the dignity and worth of the individual

type of economic system that stressed a classless society

32.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What promises did Hitler make in his emotional speeches ?

To start a war in the United States and the rest of Europe in Hitler's quest for world domination.

To provide assistance to Italy in their time of need following World War 1.

To repeal the Treaty of Versailles and restore economic power to Germany and provide trade deals to other European countries.

To repeal the Treaty of Versailles and restore Germany's military power and recover its lost territoy and build Greater Germany.

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Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which totalitarian leader infamously employed the “black shirts” to stop opposition to his political party?

Shang Kei Scheck

Benito Mussolini

Adolf Hitler

Joseph Stalin

34.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following nations DID NOT fall under the control of a totalitarian government during the interwar years?

France

Russia

Germany

Italy

35.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

What was Stalin's Five Year meant to turn Russia into?

A weak nation

An industrialized country

An country with a strong military ready to go to war.

An agricultural based country.

36.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is the National Socialist German Workers Party also known as?

Democratic Party

The Nazi Party

Communist Party

The Republican Party

37.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

How did Hitler come to power?

With his supporters he stormed the capital city and provided the king a choice of either hand over power or risk a civil war.

He was voted in by the people.

With his supporters he stormed the capital city and provided the king a choice of either hand over power or risk a civil war.

38.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

What is the goal of Communism?

Russia shared everything with Germany

Nothing is Shared.

To form a society where everything is shared equally.

To help Hitler get elected.

39.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What was Germany struggling to do after World War 1, which was a effect of the Treaty of Versailles?

Fix collasped markets

Help Wealthy Americans gain support for a new president.

Help the United States pay financial debts

Pay War Reparations ( War Debt)

40.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

This man was worshiped as a living god in Japan and was seen as a descendant of the sun:

Hideki Tojo

Hirohito

Mao Tse-tung

Chai Kai-Shek

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