Russian Revolution
Soviet Union
Germany and Italy
Totalitarian Traits
Miscellaneous
100
He was leader of the Bolsheviks in Russia.
Who is Vladimir I. Lenin?
100
A unique trait of the totalitarian regime in the Soviet Union was their desire to do away with this in society.
What are socio-economic classes?
100
This was the title of Adolf Hitler's autobiography, in which he spells out his beliefs and hatred of Jews in Germany.
What is "Mein Kampf"?
100
Of the 4, this is the similar characteristic of the rise of totalitarianism in the Soviet Union, Germany, and Italy: 1) Each regime, built upon a former totalitarian government, 2) All the regimes re-energized weak capitalist systems, 3) The regimes followed the devastation of WWI, 4) Each totalitarian regime arose after a revolution.
What is 3) The regimes followed the devastation of WWI?
100
List a common reason why totalitarian regimes took control of Germany, the Soviet Union, and Italy.
What is answers will vary?
200
One of the factors that led up to the Russian Revolution was the amount of political activity of workers because of problems associated with ...
What is industrialization?
200
The gulags were a network of these.
What are prison camps?
200
Germany and Italy assisted the fascist regime of Francisco Franco in this country's civil war.
What is Spain?
200
This was the purpose of tapping citizens telephone lines and reading their mail in the Soviet Union during Stalin's reign.
What is making people afraid to protest?
200
Of the 4, this is the one that is a key trait of a totalitarian system of government: 1) Freedom of the press, 2) Multi-party rule, 3) The use of violence through police terror, 4) Worker control of industry.
What is 3) The use of violence through police terror?
300
After the conclusion of the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks did this to the Czar and the Russian Royal Family.
What is execute them?
300
An estimated 20 million Soviets were imprisoned under the rule of Stalin for this reason.
What is they were suspected of opposing Stalin's authority?
300
Benito Mussolini took control of Italy by force and setting up a Fascist regime by doing this.
What is marching on Rome with 30,000 fascist soldiers?
300
In Stalinist USSR, this was the fate of religious leaders.
What is persecution?
300
Of the 4, this one country was no longer a democratic country by 1940: 1) Great Britain, 2) Switzerland, 3) Sweden, 4) France?
What is 4) France?
400
The Bolshevik Revolution had this direct and immediate result on Russia.
What is Russia pulled out of WWI?
400
In Stalin's command economy, all decisions were made by ...
What is the government?
400
A unique characteristic of the totalitarian regime in Germany was that they promoted a belief that ethnic pure Germans were this.
What is a "master race"?
400
The will of this person is carried out by the police in a complete police state.
What is the ruling leader?
400
This is the cause of over 5 million Ukrainians starving under Stalin's rule.
What is the government cut off food resources because of the protests of Ukrainian Kulaks?
500
Revolutionary activity increased rapidly in Russia after this 1917 event.
What is March Revolution?
500
Josef Stalin used police terror to target only this specific group of Soviets.
What is Stalin did not target 1 specific group, he used police terror against all Soviet citizens?
500
Germany and Italy set up Fascist regimes in which this political group became the main opposition and a target of police terror because of their opposite beliefs.
Who are communists?
500
Of the 4, this is the trait of totalitarianism that is shared by all of the Soviet Union, Germany, and Italy: 1) single-party rule, 2) total control of the media, 3) widespread use of murder, 4) state control of the economy.
What is 1) single-party rule?
500
By the end of the 1930's, most of the countries in Europe had this style of government.
What is Totalitarian dictatorships?
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