Lesson 2L.2.1

2L.2.1 Fascist Italy, 1926–1945 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 22

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The 20 questions

  1. Which 1929 agreement resolved the long-standing dispute between the Italian state and the Papacy?

    • Vatican Treaty
    • Concordat Act
    • Roman Accord
    • Lateran Pacts

  2. Which Fascist youth organisation was created in 1926 to indoctrinate Italian boys?

    • Milizia Volontaria
    • Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro
    • Squadre d'Azione
    • Opera Nazionale Balilla

  3. What was the main purpose of the Fascist Corporate State established in Italy?

    • Abolishing private property
    • Eliminating class conflict
    • Promoting free trade
    • Expanding trade unions

  4. What was the primary goal of Mussolini's Battle for Grain launched in 1925?

    • Cereal self-sufficiency
    • Agricultural export growth
    • Land redistribution
    • Industrial expansion

  5. Which secret police force was established by the Fascist regime to repress opposition?

    • Cheka
    • OVRA
    • NKVD
    • Gestapo

  6. Which 1935 agreement united Britain, France, and Italy against German rearmament?

    • The Stresa Front
    • The Munich Agreement
    • The Locarno Treaties
    • The Hoare-Laval Pact

  7. Which international organisation imposed sanctions on Italy following its 1935 invasion of Abyssinia?

    • League of Nations
    • Concert of Europe
    • United Nations
    • Triple Entente

  8. Which 1936 change in relations is most associated with Italy's move closer to Germany?

    • The Locarno Treaties
    • The Kellogg-Briand Pact
    • The Lateran Pacts
    • The Rome-Berlin Axis

  9. Which May 1939 treaty formally created a military alliance between Italy and Germany?

    • Pact of Steel
    • Anti-Comintern Pact
    • Rome-Berlin Axis
    • Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

  10. Which country did Italy invade in April 1939, extending its aggression in the Mediterranean?

    • Tunisia
    • Greece
    • Albania
    • Yugoslavia

  11. Which minority group was targeted by the Fascist regime's 1938 Race Laws?

    • Industrial workers
    • Catholic clergy
    • Southern peasants
    • Jewish citizens

  12. Why did Mussolini decide to declare war on Britain and France in June 1940?

    • Defending allied territory
    • Expecting quick victory
    • Fulfilling treaty obligations
    • Responding to invasion

  13. Which Fascist institution voted to remove Mussolini from power on 25 July 1943?

    • Fascist Grand Council
    • Chamber of Deputies
    • Italian Senate
    • National Directorate

  14. What term describes the forty-five-day interim government between Mussolini's fall and the 1943 armistice?

    • Royal Interregnum
    • Badoglio Period
    • Forty-Five Days
    • Transition Phase

  15. What German-backed puppet state was established in northern Italy following Mussolini's rescue in 1943?

    • Italian Soviet
    • Salò Republic
    • Fiume Republic
    • Vichy Regime

  16. Which group fought a guerrilla war against German and Fascist forces in northern Italy from 1943 to 1945?

    • Squadristi
    • Partisans
    • Blackshirts
    • Arditi

  17. What did Mussolini's foreign policy concept of 'Mare Nostrum' specifically refer to dominating?

    • The Baltic Sea
    • The Mediterranean Sea
    • The Red Sea
    • The North Sea

  18. Which nation's military support was required to rescue failed Italian campaigns in Greece and North Africa?

    • Japan
    • Britain
    • Germany
    • France

  19. Which council voted to depose Mussolini in July 1943 following severe military defeats?

    • National Security League
    • Pact of Steel
    • Fascist Grand Council
    • Chamber of Fasces

  20. Which powerful institution limited the extent of Fascist control over Italian society between 1926 and 1940?

    • Monopoly trusts
    • Red Brigades
    • Trade unions
    • Catholic Church

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