Opposition
Economic policies
Social Policies
Foreign policies
Rise to power
100

These two conflicts resulted in the divide between Mussolini and Catholic Church

Conflicts between Ballila and Church Scouts, as well as the anti-Semitic laws

100

This is the economic system practiced by both Hitler and Mussolini to prevent exhaustion of materials in war. Also the Greek word for ‘self-sufficiency’

Autarky

100

This “Battle”, launched in 1927, was designed to increase the population from 40 million to 60 million by 1950. And Mussolini specified 12 children per family as the ideal.

“Battle for Births”

100

Italy, Germany, and Japan joined forces in World War Two, and this alliance is called

What is the Axis Power?

100

This term is used to describe the dissatisfaction of Italy as a victory nation that did not receive the territory promised by the Triple Entente from the First World War.

What is Mutilated Victory?

200

This opposition group had its base in Paris and it was devoted to reveal Fascist atrocities to foreign press

Justice and Liberty

200

This is the economic ideology practiced in Soviet Union, which Italian industrialists and middle class fear the most and which was exploited by Mussolini to make fascist rise to power possible

Communism

200

These 1929 agreements made the Pope agreed to recognize the Italian state and the its possession of Rome and the old Papal states.  signaled that Mussolini had given up any hope of removing the influence of Catholicism from Italian society.

Lateran Agreements

200

The is the Pact signed between Italy and Germany in 1939?

What is the Pact of Steel?

200

The King of Italy who refused to send troops to suppress the March on Rome and appointed Mussolini as prime minister

Who is King Victor Emmanuel III?

300

This man led the suspension of parliament, 1924, in protest of the death of Giacomo Matteotti

Giovanni Amendola, the event is called Aventine Succession

300

This is the “battle” launched in 1928 aiming to clear marshland for the farmers and the peasants, and is used by Mussolini to glorify his image as a national statesman to foreign media.

Battle for land

300

This leisure organization was set up in 1925, and it showed that the regime tried to maintain its control outside the workplace. Its membership peaked in 1939 at four million.

Dopolavoro

300

This Chancellor was instructed by Mussolini to establish a Fascist government in Austria

Who is Dollfuss?

300

A term used to refer to the period from 1919 to 1920 in Italy, when strikes and occupations initiated by socialists swept the country.

What is Biennio Rosso?

400

This group of people, some of them accepting bribes from the government, decided to avoid politics altogether

Journalists

400

This is the first economic minister of Mussolini who was appointed in 1922. He helped Mussolini to achieve balanced budget for Italian government in 1924-5.

De Stefani

400

This movement set up in 1926 showed Fascism influencing young people in their leisure time. It became compulsory at state schools for all children from the age of eight by the early 1930s, and over seven million had joined it by 1937.

Opera Nazionale Balilla (ONB)

400

Greece had to pay 50 million lira and apology due to this event.

What is the Corfu Incidence?

400

An Italian political party transformed from the Fasci di Combattimento. It ruled the Kingdom of Italy from 1922 to 1943.

What is the National Fascist Party?

500

This conductor went to exile in 1929 due to his refusal to join National Fascist Union of Musicians

Arturo Toscanini

500

This was the phrase commonly used by foreign newspapers such as New York Times to describe Mussolini’s success in raising efficiency of Italian industry. It showed the admiration of foreigners for him. This phrase is more literal than descriptive.

What is “Mussolini made the train run on time” 

500

This association was set up in 1931 and its target was to regulate the profession. Under its control, one of the compulsory textbooks for eight-year-olds explained that “the eyes of the Duce are on every one of you.”.

Fascist Teachers’ Association

500

Before the meeting for this treaty, Mussolini arrived by a flotilla of speed boats.

What is the Locarno Treaty?

500

The paramilitary power of Italian Fascists that consisted of many disgruntled former soldiers.

What is the Blackshirts?

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