History 117 Key Terms - Week 11

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1
What political ideology emphasizes strong, centralized, authoritarian government, often headed by a dictatorial leader?
Fascism
2
Who was the Italian dictator who founded the Fascist Party and ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943?
Benito Mussolini
3
Who was the leader of the Nazi Party in Germany who became Chancellor in 1933 and dictator in 1934?
Adolf Hitler
4
What event in 1933 was used by the Nazis as a pretext to suspend civil liberties and consolidate Hitler's power in Germany?
Reichstag Fire
5
What event in 1931 involved the Japanese military falsely claiming that Chinese forces had attacked a Japanese railway in Manchuria?
Manchurian Incident
6
Who was the Emperor of Ethiopia who led the resistance against the Italian invasion in the 1930s?
Haile Selassie
7
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953?
Joseph Stalin
8
What was the man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine in 1932-33, caused by Stalin's policies, which led to millions of deaths?
Holodomor
9
What term did Hitler use to describe the territory that he believed Germany needed to expand into to achieve its national destiny?
Lebensraum
10
What was the movement in India, led by Mahatma Gandhi, demanding an end to British rule?
Quit India Campaign
11
What military strategy involves the deliberate targeting of civilian populations in order to achieve a political or military goal?
Strategic Bombing
12
What was the decisive battle in World War II that ended in a Soviet victory and marked a turning point in the war?
Stalingrad
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