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High School WW2 Multiple Choice - Totalitarianism

These questions are all about totalitarian states in the leadup to World War Two.
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Last updated: April 20, 2022
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1. Which of the following countries was NOT totalitarian in the 1930s?
China ✓
Italy ✓
Germany ✓
The USSR ✓
2. What was the outcome of Stalin's five-year plans on industrial output?
Output dramatically increased ✓
Output remained unchanged ✓
Output dramatically decreased ✓
3. What country's prime minister was assassinated by extremist naval officers on May 15, 1932?
Germany ✓
Italy ✓
Mongolia ✓
Japan ✓
4. What American silent film actor was visiting that prime minister and was even a secondary target (he happened to be out when it unfolded)?
Kirk Douglas ✓
Charlie Chaplin ✓
Rudolph Valentino ✓
John Barrymore ✓
5. Which of the following regimes is not typically totalitarian?
Communist ✓
Fascist ✓
Socialist ✓
Dictatorship ✓
6. What secret police organization dealt with the enemies of the Bolsheviks under Lenin?
Cheka ✓
KGB ✓
MVD ✓
WKRP ✓
7. Which of the following does NOT describe the Stalin regime?
Oligarchy ✓
Communist ✓
Dictatorship ✓
Totalitarian ✓
8. What type of "cult" idealizes the leader of a country, usually through propaganda?
Cult of Charisma ✓
Cult of Personality ✓
Cult of Totalitarianism ✓
Cult of Worship ✓
9. Which of these is a fascio, the namesake of Fascism?
✓
✓
✓
✓
10. What characteristic of fascist regimes is not necessarily present in other totalitarian regimes?
Secret Police ✓
Extreme Nationalism ✓
Mass Media ✓
A strong middle class ✓
11. What color of shirt did Mussolini's paramilitary thugs wear?
Red ✓
Brown ✓
Black ✓
White ✓
12. What event precipitated Mussolini to be named leader of Italy?
The Great Depression ✓
The March on Rome ✓
The Conquest of the Generals ✓
The Acerbo Law ✓
13. What German economic crisis unfolded in 1921 and 1923, a result of onerous reparation payments?
The Industrial Bubble ✓
Stagnation ✓
Stagflation ✓
Hyperinflation ✓
14. Who won the Nobel Prize for solving the diplomatic and economic crises that Germany and Europe faced in 1924?
Dawes ✓
Young ✓
Smithson ✓
Clarke ✓
15. What percentage of seats did the Nazi Party win in the election of March, 1933?
15.1% ✓
44.5% ✓
76.2% ✓
99.8% ✓
16. What document gave Hitler virtually unfettered power in Germany shortly after that election?
The Locarno Treaties ✓
The Nuremburg Laws ✓
The Enabling Act ✓
The Treaty of Versailles ✓
17. What debunked, pseudoscientific theory influenced Nazi ideology?
The Nephalim Conspiracy ✓
Social Darwinism ✓
Bolshevism ✓
Biological Contract Theory ✓
18. What percentage of seats did the Nazi Party win in the election of 1938?
30% ✓
60% ✓
75% ✓
100% ✓
19. Some Japanese military extremists, such as Sadao Araki, believed Japan should return to what type of traditional Japanese government?
Shogunate ✓
Democracy ✓
Feudal Mercantilism ✓
Commune ✓
20. What global event spurred the Japanese military to invade Manchuria?
The 1930 Sugar Taxes ✓
The League's Oil Embargos ✓
Protectionist Tariffs ✓
The Rejection of the Racial Equity Act ✓
21. Who was the Emperor of Japan during World War II?
Hidekihito ✓
Ninko ✓
Hirohito ✓
Yoshihito ✓
22. Who led the Nationalist Forces in the Spanish Civil War?
Emannuelle Orlando ✓
Miguel de Cervantes ✓
Francisco Gomez-Jordana ✓
Francisco Franco ✓
23. Who painted "Guernica", a cubist/surrealist depiction of the city's damage from the Civil War?
Dali ✓
Picasso ✓
Ardizzone ✓
Warhol ✓
24. What role did Spain have in World War II?
Spain was in no way relevant to World War II ✓
Spain was an Axis ally ✓
Spain joined the Allies in 1942 ✓
Spain was a testing ground for German military strategy ✓
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 60
Apr 20, 2022
Good job! What is the relevance of the 'high school' in the title? I got #1 and #5 after looking at the countries and governments mentioned later on.
Dimby
+2
Level 77
Apr 20, 2022
It’s based on high school curriculum. I might one day get students to do jetpunk quizzes for review, but I’ll probably get rid of that high school part of the quiz name eventually.
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