Benchmark 4 Review

Which two ideologies support totalitarian governments that restrict the rights of individuals?

• democracy and capitalism

• absolute and constitutional monarchy

• socialism and communism

• communism and fascism

How did economic depression affect Germany and Italy after WWI?

• They experienced working class revolutions that brought communists to power.

• They blamed their democratic governments and turned to fascism.

• They got economic aid from the League of Nations that helped them recover.

• Democratic movements led to the overthrow of absolute monarchs.

Which dictator gained power by organizing attacks on communists with his Black Shirts and ending a general strike that crippled the economy?

• Adolf Hitler

• Joseph Stalin

• Benito Mussolini

• Napoleon Bonaparte

How did Japan react to the Great Depression of the 1930s?

• They developed a trade agreement with the United States.

• They established a military dictatorship and expanded by taking over other Asian nations.

• They developed methods to increase production of artificial silk at a lower cost.

• They signed a treaty to establish an alliance with Great Britain.

Which dictator(s) used secret police and censorship to suppress opposition and propaganda to promote obedience and loyalty?

• Benito Mussolini of Fascist Italy

• Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union

• Adolf Hitler of Nazi Germany

• all of these

No private property, equal distribution of wealth and rule by the working class are the key ideas of what political ideology?

• capitalism

• communism

• democracy

• socialism

Which two ideologies support totalitarian governments that restrict the rights of individuals?

• democracy and capitalism

• absolute and constitutional monarchy

• socialism and communism

• communism and fascism

Name the three major countries that formed the alliance known as the Allied Powers.

• Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States
• Great Britain, Japan, United States
• Germany, France, United States
• Japan, Germany, Italy

What battle was a turning point in 1942 as Germany was forced to retreat from a near-victory in the Soviet Union?

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of the Bulge

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Battle of the Atlantic

The disastrous effects of World War I and the Great Depression led

• to the rise of totalitarian regimes in some countries.

• to strong democracies taking shape throughout Europe.

• totalitarian regimes to die out worldwide.

• people throughout the world to feel more hopeful about the future.