Create a word processing document titled “Totalitarianism.” Copy the following questions to your document and answer in complete paragraphs (5 to 7 sentences).
Be sure your answers are in your own words and not just copied from the reading.
- How did WWI and the Great Depression contribute to the rise of dictators?
- Define Communism.
- Who was Nicholas II and what was his role in the downfall of the monarchy in Russia?
- What was the Bolshevik revolution?
- Who was Vladimir Lenin and what was the New Economic Policy?
- Who was Joseph Stalin and why was he important to Soviet history?
- Define Fascism and list the characteristics of Fascist governments.
- Define Militarism.
- Why and how was Japan showing aggression in the Pacific region?
- Define Nazism.
- List the methods Hitler used to gain power.