Totalitarianism/ Rise of Dictators (Honors WHC)

A government in which a single party or leader controls the economic, social, and cultural lives of its people.

• Democracy

• Socialism

• Communism

• Totalitarianism

True or False: People living in totalitarian states have individual rights.

• True

• False

In order to indoctrinate citizens, the government uses all of the following except for

• Propaganda

• Youth Organizations

• Individual Liberties

• Censorship

True or False: At the head of a totalitarian government is a strong, charismatic leader.

• True

• False

One way dictators remain in power is by

• Encouraging open elections

• Polling citizens to find out their needs

• Hosting town hall meetings

• Crushing opposition/ censoring rivals

This man's name translates to "man of steel".

• Adolf Hitler

• Joseph Stalin

• Benito Mussolini

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

In the 1930's, Stalin purged the Communist party of suspected rivals and enemies in what is known as the

• Great Purge

• Gulag Round Up

• Great Terror

• Extreme Purge

Stalin's labor camps were called

• Concentration Camps

• The Gulag

• Labor Camps

• The Work House

True or False: Images showing Stalin as a kindly father figure masked the reality of labor camps and the consequences of any resistance to his rule.

• True

• False

This man was the dictator of Italy

• Emperor Hirohito

• Benito Mussolini

• Adolf HItler

• Joseph Stalin