Chapter 10

RISE OF FASCISM AND NAZISM, WORLD WAR II  CAUSES & CONSEQUENCES


(A) FIIL IN BLANKS QUESTIONS

1. Two major developments in two major states of Europe were rise of _____________ and ___________ which acted as a very major cause of outbreak of World War II.

2. __________ and ____________ were both staunch supporters of Totalitarian Authoritarian governance system of state.

3. In Italy, Fascism had its birth due to the ________ prevailing in Italy and the belief of its top leader Mussolini in ____________ as the best system of governing the country.

4. Benito Mussolini in continued to be the dictator of Italy from _________.

5. Italy was annoyed with the allied powers (particularly UK and France) of World War I who had ignored the interest and share of Italy in the _________ made in 1919.

6. Mussolini and his Fascist followers were totally dissatisfied and annoyed with the provisions of the ___________.

7. Fascism of Mussolini which became the ruling ideology of Italy was an ___________, ____________ and ___________ ideology.

8. Fascism defined the Fascist state as a __________. 

9.  Fascism and Mussolini stood for war and not peace, _________ and state. 

10. Ideology of Fascism was the product of the ________ of Mussolini and Rocco as well as the bad social, political and economic conditions of ___________.

11. Fascism of Mussolini was a ____________ of several principles which justified his ___________ and ___________.

12. Nazism in Germany was a short name for __________.

13. Like Fascism, Nazism also stood for ________ and of one person __________.

14. Nazism because very popular in Germany in inter-war period because of __________, in World War I _________ and anti-Germany and provisions of ____________ 1919.

15. Germany rejected Peace Treaty of Versailles as a ________ which gravely hurt the _________ and unduly reduced the __________ of Germany.

16. Hitler's political role in Germany began in 1919 when he joined _________ which in 1920 became National Socialist German workers party which later on became popular as _________ i.e. Germany Nationalist Socialist Party.

17. Hitler by his spellbinding speeches highly influenced the Germans by referring to the __________ and the need for taking ________ of Germany's defeat and its humiliation in the process of peace settlement after World War I.

18. Hitler and his Nazism held all __________ and particularly ________ responsible for Germany's defeat in the World War I.

19. Hitler and the Nazi Party under his leadership pursued _________ and got involved in ________ of Jews in large numbers.

20. Nazism believed in superiority of ________ and Anti Jewism/Anti Semitism or __________ in Germany.

21. Nazism was opposed to the ideology of ___________ and ________.

22. Hitler was __________ and in turn the latter was ________.

23. The International System of the inter-war years __________ to work as an efficient __________ system in the world.

24. The league of Nations failed to implement its ___________ system and also in checking _____________ of its Covenant.

25. The ___________ made by the treaty of Versailles and the German determination to take revenge of its ____________ in __________ became a major reason of outbreak of World War Ii in 1939. 

26. The first real International organisation the ___________ had some _________ defects like __________ decision making rule and the selfishness of some of its meusers led to its failure.

27. Rise of ____________ and _____________ with their faith in ___________ violence and war as means, paved the way for the emergence of World War II on ____________.

28. World War II involved on the one side ____________ like __________ and on the other side the ___________ like ____________.

29. USSR joined the Allied Powers in World War II only in _________.

30. World War II ended in August 1945 after the defeat of __________, ___________ and ____________.

31. The end of World War II ended the era of ____________ and usherd into a new developing ____________.

32. The _________ i.e. post-war International system was characterized by the existence of two ____________ and the emergence of ___________ between ___________ USA & _____________ USSR.


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