U8 L8 Power Quests

Question 1

When did the German economy collapse after WWI?

Answer 1

1923

Question 2

What was the German government called?

Answer 2

The Weimar Republic

Question 3

How was Germany’s money affected by the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 3

inflated and worthless

Question 4

What is the deutschmark?

Answer 4

mark

Question 5

How did the Weimar Republic attempt to pay reparations?

Answer 5

printing money

Question 6

What was the effect of inflation in Germany?

Answer 6

• there was a ONE TRILLION MARK!??!?!?!
• eliminated debts of the poor
• but was pretty bad for the middle class

Question 7

What were the two forms Totalitarianism took up, and where?

Answer 7

Communism- Russia

Fascism- Italy

Question 8

What is Totalitarian?

Answer 8

• one party govt with complete control of people

- maintained by political suppression

Question 9

What was Communism in Russia after the Revolution of 1917?

Answer 9

totalitarian

Question 10

Who was Benito Mussolini?

Answer 10

• Italian dictator

- Fascism in Italy originated from him

Question 11

What is another form of Fascism?

Answer 11

Nazism

Question 12

What did Mussolino concentrate on?

Answer 12

• Italy’s military

- Industry growth for military

Question 13

Under who did Nazism develop in Germany?

Answer 13

Adolf Hitler and National Socialist (Nazi) Party

Question 14

Germany’s national financial leaders appointed Adolf Hitler as what in 1933?

Answer 14

chancellor

Question 15

Who was the president of Germany at this time?

Answer 15

Paul von Hindenburg

Question 16

What act did Hitler do that was a violation of the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 16

build German military

Question 17

What did Hitler establish that cut unemployment on Russia’s youth?

Answer 17

National Socialist (Nazi) Party youth movement

Question 18

What was Japan’s ambitions due to lacking natural resources?

Answer 18

control territories rich with raw materials

Question 19

What region did Japan seize in 1931?

Answer 19

Manchuria

Question 20

Did Japan stop and continue its expansion after being protested against by China and removed from the League of Nations?

Answer 20

continue

Question 21

When did a war occur between China and Japan? Which country was more economically prosperous?

Answer 21

1937, Japan

Question 22

Which 3 nations in the 1930s solved their economic dilemma by strengthening their military forces?

Answer 22

• Germany
• Italy
• Japan

Question 23

Military build-up () industrial production and () unemployment

Answer 23

• increases

- decreses

Question 24

What is Fascism?

Answer 24

• one party govt
• each class has distinct place but person is subject to the state
• control by military force secret police