Inter War

Question 1

List 4 characteristics of Facism

Answer 1

Single party system with strong leader, glorification of state, aggressive form of nationalism, and emphasis stability over freedom.

Question 2

What is a Faces?

Answer 2

Ancient Rome symbol used to represent Roman civic unity.

Question 3

What 4 countries had fascist governments between 1919- 1945?

Answer 3

Italy, Germany, Spain, and Japan.

Question 4

List 4 problems Italy had after World War I.

Answer 4

Very high debt, unkept promises to peasants and factory workers, high and increasing inflation, and unstable government.

Question 5

Who was “Il Duce” ?

Answer 5

Benito Mussolini

Question 6

Who were the black shirts?

Answer 6

Thugs used by fascist party to intimidate the opposition.

Question 7

What is political polarization?

Answer 7

Divergence of political attitudes.

Question 8

How did Mussolini become prime minister?

Answer 8

He was appointed by King Victor Emmanuel.

Question 9

What is Cooperate State?

Answer 9

A new form of government created by Mussolini for cooperation between workers and owners even though owners still dominated (but it ended strikes and unrest)

Question 10

What was the German government called after World War I?

Answer 10

Weimar Republic

Question 11

What are 3 problems Italy faced after World War I?

Answer 11

Political unrest, reparations (Germany couldn’t repay), and Inflation.

Question 12

What is the full name of the Nazi party?

Answer 12

Nationalist Socialist Workers Party.

Question 13

Who were the Brown shirts?

Answer 13

Members of the Nazi party who helped Hitler rise in power using violent intimidation.

Question 14

What happened at the Beerhall Pusch?

Answer 14

Failed coup d’etat by Hitler who served 9 months of a 5 year sentence in prison.

Question 15

What book did Hitler write?

Answer 15

Mein Kamph (My Struggle)

Question 16

What 2 groups did Hitler blame for Germany’s loss in World War I?

Answer 16

Jews and Communists

Question 17

Who burned down the Reichstag and why?

Answer 17

Hitler blames the Communists to gain more power to deal with their “threat”

Question 18

What were the Nuremberg Laws?

Answer 18

Stripped Jews of their citizenship and right to hold public office. They had to wear yellow badges, no school, and destroyed Jewish businesses.

Question 19

What was Krisyallnact?

Answer 19

The retaliation of Nazi mobs on the night and morning of Nov. 9 and 10.

Question 20

Define Gestopo, Third Reich, and SS.

Answer 20

Gestopo is Nazi Secret police, Third Reich is Third Empire, SS is Hitler’s parliamentary army.

Question 21

What was the Rome Berlin Axis?

Answer 21

Military pact signed between Germany and Italy

Question 22

What was the Anti Comintern pact?

Answer 22

pact with Germany, Italy, and Japan against communist organization who want to spread communism worldwide

Question 23

What is irredentism?

Answer 23

Belief that any former territory that was apart of a country should be returned.

Question 24

What was Anschluss?

Answer 24

The annexation of Austria and when Hitler demanded troops to take Austria even with the appeals of Austria, Britain, and France.

Question 25

Where was the Sudetenland and why did Hitler want it?

Answer 25

Western Czechoslovakia where Hitler demanded them to be allowed to govern themselves (self determination)

Question 26

What was the policy of Appeasement?

Answer 26

Giving into Hitler’s demand to avoid war.

Question 27

What was the non Aggression pact and who signed it?

Answer 27

A treaty signed by Molotov and Ribbentrop where neither country would attack each other and if one country would attack the other then the other would remain neutral, and also divided Poland between them. (Secret)