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The Rise of the Axis Powers

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44 questions

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Question 2

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Why would people give up rights like freedom of speech, religion, assembly, or even the right to vote for a different point of view?

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Question 5

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Why did people follow Mussolini?

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Question 6

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Why was it important for leaders like Mussolini to have a uniform for their followers?

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Question 10

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Find one piece of Fascist Italian propaganda. Post it and explain what it means (find a translation).

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Question 11

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How did Mussolini control the Italian economy?

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Question 12

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How was this different from Stalin's tactics in Soviet Russia/?

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Question 13

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Why do you think Germans rejected communism?

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Question 16

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What does NAZI stand for?

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Question 17

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Find a picture of early NAZI's. What kind of people followed Hitler?

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Question 18

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Find a quote from Mein Kampf and post it. Then explain what Hitler meant in the quote.

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Question 19

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What does LEBENSRAUM mean?

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Question 20

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Why did Germans think the Treaty of Versailles was unfair?

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Question 21

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Why was Hitler appointed to the position of chancellor?

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Question 22

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What does Der Fuhrer mean?

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Question 23

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Why were youth groups so important to the NAZI's?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFkb7vYZp8U

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Question 24

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Describe the activities of Hitler Youth girls.

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Question 25

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Describe the activities of Hitler Youth boys.

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Question 27

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What does this propaganda poster promise?

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Question 30

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What is Anschluss?

The annexation of Czechoslovakia to Austria

The takeover of the Rhineland.

The annexation of Austria to Germany.

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Question 32

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What did Hitler promise at the Munich Conference?
Neville Chamberlain returns from Germany with the Munich Agreement - YouTube

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Question 33

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Draw a picture showing the idea of appeasment - where England and France give Hitler land, hoping he will stop taking any more land.

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Question 34

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Why did Mussolini attack Ethiopia and Albania?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlPCZ_9T490

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Question 35

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What was the purpose of the League of Nations?

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Question 36

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What are sanctions?

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Question 37

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Do you think sanctions are an effective way to punish countries? Why or why not?

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Question 39

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What does a "non-aggression pact" mean?

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Question 40

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What secret agreement did Stalin and Hitler make?

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Question 41

41.

Draw a picture showing or conversation between Emperor Hirohito and Gen Hideki Tojo showing that the Emperor has no power, and the General is making all decisions for Japan. Make sure to label them.

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Question 42

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Why did Japan need more raw materials for industry? Think about geography when you answer this question.

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Question 43

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The attrocities of the Japanese were reported and known in the West before the start of WW2. Why do you think there was no major outcry against their treatment of conquered people?

https://allthatsinteresting.com/sino-japanese-war#33
Rape in Nanking Words from WWII Japanese Soldiers - YouTube

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Question 1

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Think about communist countries. What traits do most communist countries have?

people had the right to vote

people were extremely poor

people wanted equality

people wanted to prove how awesome their country was

people had few rights before communism

people had few rights after communism 

Question 3

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What is the key difference between fascism and communism?

loss of all rights

fascism focuses on showing the superiority of their nation, communism on equality

Communism does  not require loyalty to a leader, fascism does. 

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Question 4

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What is the key similarity between fascism and communism?

loss of all rights

fascism focuses on showing the superiority of their nation, communism on equality

Communism does  not require loyalty to a leader, fascism does. 

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Question 7

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If you were an Italian during the March on Rome, would you have been impressed with the Black Shirts? why or why not?

Question 8

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How did Mussolini become the Prime Misister?

He overthrew the king.

His March on Rome made the people elect him.

He scared the king into appointing him. 

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Question 9

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What did Mussolini's title "Il Duce" mean?

Question 14

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When governments print off money to try and pay off debt, what does it cause?

deflation 

depression

inflation 

stagnation

Question 15

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Before the Great Depression the economy of Germany

was controlled by France

was primarily agricultural 

was in a deep depression for all of the 1920s

was improving in the late 1920s

Question 26

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Why was the control of education so important to the NAZIs?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5E7WR8TINI

Question 28

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Select the tactics that the NAZIs used to persecute the Jewish people of Germany.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GQUoKITznk

ban Jewish students from school 

require Jewish people to wear an armband indicating their Jewish heritage

Force them to have children with Germans so that there were no pure Jewish children

outlaw marriage between Jewish people and Germans

destroy their businesses and take away their property

force them to live ghettos

send them to concentration camps

Question 29

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How did Lebensraum justify the German take over of the Rhineland, Sudetenland and Czechoslovakia?

It said German people should be goverened by Germany - since Germans lived in those areas, Germany should govern it. 

It meant that those areas were subordinate to Germany. 

Only Germans deserved Living Space.

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Question 31

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Where was the Sudetenland?

in Austria

In France

In Czechoslovakia

Question 38

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Select the members of the AXIS powers.

Albania

Italy

Germany 

Soviet Union

Japan 

China

Question 44

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Match the area conquered to the Axis Power aggressor

Austria
Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia
Manchuria
Rhineland
China
Ethiopia
Albania

Japan
Germany
Italy