The Treaty of Versailles
This article forced Germany to accept responsibility for causing the First World War.
What is Article 231 (the War Guilt Clause)?"
This treaty dismantled the Ottoman Empire.
What is the Treaty of Sevres?
This political system concentrates power in the hands of one leader or one party.
What is a dictatorship?
This Fascist leader became Prime Minister of Italy in 1922.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
This emperor remained Japan's symbolic head of state during the 1930s.
Who is Emperor Hirohito?
Germany's army was reduced to this many soldiers.
What is 100,000 men?
This treaty imposed territorial losses on Austria after World War I.
What is the Treaty of Saint-Germain?
This method uses newspapers, films, posters and radio to shape public opinion.
What is propaganda?
This event in October 1922 helped Mussolini secure power.
What is the March on Rome?
This 1931 event marked the beginning of Japanese expansion into Manchuria.
What is the Mukden Incident?
This German region was demilitarised to protect France from future invasion.
What is the Rhineland?
Hungary lost large areas of territory to Romania and Yugoslavia under this treaty.
What is the Treaty of Triannon?
This feature involves people being encouraged to admire and worship the leader.
What is a cult of personality?
These armed Fascist squads intimidated political opponents before Mussolini became dictator.
Who are the Blackshirts?
This puppet state was created by Japan in Manchuria.
What is Manchuko?
This famous British economist argued the Treaty was economically disastrous and would lead to future instability.
Who is John Maynard Keynes?
This country lost territory to Greece under the Treaty of Neuilly.
What is Bulgaria?
This freedom is commonly restricted through censorship in dictatorships.
What is freedom of speech / free press?
This slogan summed up Mussolini's belief around the state.
What is 'Everything within the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State'?
This international organisation condemned Japan's invasion of Manchuria but failed to stop it.
What is the League of Nations?
This historian argued Versailles was not excessively harsh and that German leaders deliberately exaggerated its severity.
Who is Sally Marks?
These four treaties, together with Versailles, completely dismantled the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires.
What are Saint-Germain, Trianon, Neuilly and Sèvres/Lausanne?
This form of government seeks total control over politics, society, culture and even private life.
What is totalitarianism?
This law, passed after the murder of Giacomo Matteotti, helped transform Italy into a one-party dictatorship.
What are the Fascist Laws (Leggi Fascistissime)?
This ideology promoted absolute loyalty to the Emperor, military expansion and Japanese superiority.
What is Japanese militarism / ultranationalism?