Vocab
a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force
Dictator
The March on ___________ (place) was essentially how ___________ (dictator) came to power thanks to the ___________ (name of paramilitary group) which numbered as many as 30,000
1. Rome
2. Mussolini
3. Black Shirts
The far left wing of political ideology
Communism
The name of Stalin's program in which ethnic minorities were executed and everyone was forced to culturally assimilate
Russification
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
Propaganda
This is a system of government in which the state’s power is unlimited and controls virtually all aspects of public and private life and requires complete subservience (willingness to obey others without question) to the state.
Totalitarianism
This dictator is still highly respected in their country, despite having been responsible for the murder of millions of people
Mao Zedong
Classless, stateless, moneyless social order structured upon common ownership of the means of production.
Communism
In which country did the Great Purge occur
Russia
The SA, KGB, and Black Shirts are all examples of this
Secret police or paramilitary groups
A political philosophy, movement, or regime that regards nation (and often race) above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, complete control over economy and society, and forcible suppression of opposition
Fascism
The leader of Japan's military dictatorship
Hideki Tojo
The far right wing of political ideology
Fascism
In which country did the Great Leap Forward occur
China
Italy, Germany, and Japan wanted this. Russia and China did not.
To become an imperial power by taking over other lands to expand their own empires. Russia and China wanted to spread communism, not their own borders.
A government or political system in which there is complete obedience to an authority. It is centered either in one person or small group that is not constitutionally accountable to the people. There is no individual freedom.
Authoritarianism
This modern authoritarian leader was opposed to "race mixing" in his country
Viktor Orban of Hungary
Which one of these is not a feature of communist regimes
1. One-party rule
2. Secret police
3. Supports private property
4. Censorship of the media
3. Supports private property
This dictator is responsible for the most deaths of any we have studied
Mao Zedong with 68-100 million deaths due to the great famine and mass executions
Name two events that contributed to weak economies after World War I
1. World War I
2. Treaty of Versailles
3. Great Depression