Italy
Which dictator came to power in Italy?
Benito Mussolini
Which dictator came to power in Germany?
Adolf Hitler
Which dictator came to power in the Soviet Union?
Joseph Stalin
True or False? Japan was growing quickly and was an industrialized and modern country by the 1920s.
True
The Great Depression affected which areas?
The entire world.
Was Mussolini's takeover peaceful or violent?
Both: Mussolini and his followers were attacking their opponents in the streets which was violent. When Mussolini stormed the king's palace, the king stepped down without a fight to avoid any bloodshed.
Which group did this dictator target to blame Germany’s problems on?
The Jews
Under Joseph Stalin, the Soviet Union’s government controlled which specific industries?
oil refineries, power plants, steel mills, and farms
Who did Japan blame for their economic troubles caused by the Great Depression?
American and European ideas.
What is an economic depression?
A period of high unemployment, closing businesses, and general financial struggle among the people.
Mussolini created one of the first totalitarian states. What is a totalitarian state?
a government in which citizens are under strict control by the state
How did the leaders of Germany used propaganda to affect people’s ideas about certain groups of people.
They created propaganda that tried to get the public to believe that Jews were evil and bad. They also used propaganda showing women in traditional roles cooking and cleaning.
What did Stalin do to peasants who resisted government takeover of their farms?
Peasants who resisted their farms being taken by the government were either shot or sent to forced labor prisons called gulags.
How did Japan decide to fix their economic problems?
By invading neighboring countries in Europe.
Which president helped the United States recover from the Great Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mussolini started one of the first fascist governments. What is a fascist?
A fascist supports a strict system of government where one leader or a small group holds all the power, limiting personal freedoms, punishing opposition, and enforcing strict loyalty to the country
Hitler presented many anti-Semitic ideas in his book titled Mein Kampf or My Struggle. What is anti-Semitism?
Antisemitism is prejudice, hatred, or discrimination directed against Jewish people.
What is collectivization?
an economic system in which a government controls production and distribution of all goods
What happened to the Prime Minister of Japan who opposed Japan's violent takeover of Manchuria?
He was killed for disagreeing.
What was the New Deal?
FDR's plan to strengthen the economy during the Great Depression involved creating jobs for the unemployed, starting social security and unemployment insurance which gave payments to people who were retired or jobless.
When Mussolini was still in school, what action caused him to get expelled?
He stabbed a fellow student.
What was Germany's economy like prior to WWII?
Their money became worthless and people were desperate for a strong leader.
Many of the Soviet Union's prison camps were located in the most remote and cold place in Russia known as what?
Siberia
What was the name of the military leader who became dictator in Japan?
Hideki Tojo
What was the Dust Bowl?
When poor farming practices turned many U.S. farms into dust, leading to many farms being abandoned.