The Rise of Fascism and Totalitarian States Review

Mussolini looked to restore Italy to the past glory days of the

• Italian Renaissance.

• Middle Ages.

• Risorgimento.

• Roman Empire.

What did the Weimar government do to deal with Germany's war debt?

• They printed huge amounts of paper money.

• They defaulted on the debt.

• They accepted loans from the Soviet Union.

• They decreased taxes.

What was the attitude of many Germans toward the leaders of the Weimar Republic?

• They viewed them as heroes because they founded the first German republic.

• They viewed them as traitors since they had signed the hated Treaty of Versailles.

• They viewed them favorably and the Weimar government maintained a large majority in parliament.

• They viewed them indifferently but accepted their political legitimacy.

Which of the following was an effect of the instability and chaos in Germany in the years after World War I?

• Communists won control of the Reichstag.

• German politics became more liberal.

• German society became radicalized.

• The Weimar Republic became more authoritarian.

Hitler held that the two greatest enemies of Germany and the Nazi party were Jews and

• anarchists.

• Aryans.

• communists.

• Brownshirts.

Hitler's platform for the Nazi party called for the expansion of German territory to include all

• Bavarian states.

• British colonial possessions.

• German-speaking peoples.

• Jewish communities.

Why did the Nationalists receive aid in the form of troops and weapons from Hitler and Mussolini?

• because they pledged to aid Italy and Germany in World War II

• because they were allied with the left-wing Popular Front

• because they were connected to the fascist Falange party

• because they were members of the Nazi party

Who was the leader of the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War?

• Francisco Franco

• Miguel Primo de Rivera

• King Alfonso XIII

• Manuel Azaña

Which of the following was an outcome of the First Five-Year Plan?

• Agricultural production went down.

• Consumer goods became more plentiful.

• The government encouraged the creation of small businesses.

• The USSR no longer had a command economy.

The famine that killed 5 million people in the Ukraine between 1932 and 1933 was the result of

• the lack of mechanized farming equipment in the USSR.

• a severe drought.

• food being taken by the government to meet production quotas.

• the disruption of farming by workers protesting the collectivization of agriculture.