Question | Answer |
Define fascism | Political movement that puts the needs of the nation above the needs of the people
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Define communism | A theory that promises a society in which property, wealth, and food would be shared by everyone.
| Explain how the Germans felt after WWI | Betrayed by their government, embarrassed, upset
| In 1924 Mussolini took control of what country | Italy
| What are three things that Mussolini promised | He would return Italy to the glory of the Roman Empire
| Define Police State | A county where the government has complete control over the people and uses secret police to find and punish those who rebel or protest
| What are three things that happened in the Soviet Union when Stalin came to power | More than 5 million were killed
| Why was it easy for the dictators to take power | People were in search of strong leaders who could fix all of their problems.
| Define dictator | Someone with absolute power
| What was the Rome-Berlin Axis | A partnership between Hitler and Mussolini agreeing to aid one another if needed
| What are three promises Hitler made | Restore Germany economy
| What are three promises Stalin made | Industrialize the soviet union
| How did fascist countries become strong | Through militarism
| In the mid-1920s who became dictator in the Soviet Union | Joseph Stalin
| What countries were affected by the depression | Most countries in the world
| Why were there less people to feed around the world after WWI | Many died in the war
| Due to the depression what percent of Germany’s population was unemployed | Half
| Germany claimed they could make no more reparation payments, after making ___ payments to the allied nations | One
| France took over what in the Ruhr Valley when Germany would not pay | Mines and Factories
| Define inflation | Money loses value and in turn businesses have to raise prices.
| Who were the Bolsheviks | The communist party in Russia who helped take over the country during the revolution
| After the revolution the economy in the Soviet Union was ___ | A command economy
| What happened to the Romanov family | They were killed by the Bolsheviks
| Before the revolution the government in Russia was what type | Autocracy
| Before the revolution the economy in Russia was what type | Mixed market
| Why did people support the revolution in Russia | People were in search of a better life, they wanted more money and food
| Who became the leader when Czar Nicholas abdicated | Vladimir Lenin
| Why was Czar Nicholas’s wife disliked by the Russian people | She was a German princess (remember the revolution was taking place at the same time as WWI and Russia was fighting against Germany)
| What was Russia called after the revolution | The Soviet Union |