Lesson 2L.2.1

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

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  1. Which 1929 agreement ended the long conflict between the Italian state and the Papacy?

    • The Law of Guarantees
    • The Pact of Steel
    • The Stresa Front
    • The Lateran Pacts

  2. Which youth organisation was used by the Fascist regime to indoctrinate young people?

    • The Komsomol
    • The Hitler Youth
    • The Boy Scouts of Rome
    • The Balilla

  3. What was the Corporate State intended to achieve in Fascist economic policy?

    • Restore the independence of trade unions
    • State-controlled corporations of employers and workers
    • Nationalise every bank and abolish private property
    • Replace the lira with a federal currency

  4. What was the main purpose of the Battle for Grain launched in the 1920s and 1930s?

    • To achieve self-sufficiency in wheat and reduce imports
    • To replace wheat with industrial crops
    • To abolish private farming in the South
    • To send grain to Germany under the Pact of Steel

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

    • Cheka
    • OVRA
    • NKVD
    • Gestapo

  6. Which 1935 agreement between Britain, France and Italy showed a temporary front against German expansion?

    • The Stresa Front
    • The Munich Agreement
    • The Anti-Comintern Pact
    • The Pact of Steel

  7. Why did Italy's invasion of Abyssinia in 1935-1936 damage Mussolini's relations with Britain and France?

    • It breached League principles and drew sanctions
    • It ended the Stresa Front with an Italian victory over Germany
    • It forced Britain to join the Pact of Steel
    • It gave France control of the Suez Canal

  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 1939 alliance formally bound Italy militarily to Nazi Germany?

    • The Pact of Steel
    • The Stresa Front
    • The Locarno Treaties
    • The Nazi-Soviet Pact

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

    • Tunisia
    • Greece
    • Albania
    • Yugoslavia

  11. Which racial measures were introduced by the Fascist regime in 1938?

    • The Corporate State regulations on wages
    • The Nuremberg Laws against the Sudeten Germans
    • The Lateran Pacts on education
    • The race laws, restricting Jewish citizens' rights

  12. Italy entered the Second World War in June 1940 for which reason?

    • Italy was attacked first by the USA in the Mediterranean
    • Mussolini believed Germany had won and wished to share in the spoils
    • The King demanded an alliance with Britain
    • The League of Nations ordered Italy to take part

  13. Which event in July 1943 led to the fall of Mussolini?

    • The Allied invasion of Sicily and the Grand Council vote
    • The Battle of Stalingrad and the German surrender
    • The landing of US troops in Normandy
    • The Italian invasion of Greece

  14. What was the 'Forty Five Days' in Italian history after July 1943?

    • The length of the Allied campaign in North Africa
    • The duration of the Salo Republic before its fall
    • The period between Mussolini's fall and the armistice
    • The time Mussolini spent in exile in Germany before returning to Italy

  15. Which German-backed state was set up in northern Italy after Mussolini's rescue in 1943?

    • The Partisan Republic of Montefiorino
    • The Salo Republic
    • The Republic of Fiume
    • The Austrian Republic

  16. Which group played a major role in resisting German and Fascist forces in northern Italy in 1943-1945?

    • The Carabinieri royal police
    • The partisans
    • The Popolari
    • The Black Shirts of the Grand Council

  17. Which statement best describes Mussolini's foreign policy aim of 'Mare Nostrum'?

    • Creating an alliance of Atlantic powers against the USSR
    • Making the Mediterranean an Italian sea and expanding Italian influence in Africa
    • Joining the League of Nations to guarantee maritime trade
    • Dividing the Mediterranean with France and Britain

  18. Which factor best explains the limits of Italian military effectiveness in the Second World War?

    • The early end of the war in Europe in 1940
    • The complete success of Italian campaigns in every theatre
    • Poor preparation, weak equipment and failed campaigns
    • The decision by Britain to surrender all of its Mediterranean bases

  19. Which factor was most important in the regime's loss of popular support by 1943?

    • The success of the Lateran Pacts in the 1940s
    • Widespread support for the Rome-Berlin Axis among workers in the North
    • Military defeats, economic hardship and the impact of Allied bombing on civilians
    • A sharp rise in living standards caused by the war

  20. Which statement best summarises Fascist society between 1926 and 1940?

    • Fascism had no effect on schools, youth or the Church
    • The regime ended all state control of the economy by 1940
    • Italy was a federal state with independent regional parliaments
    • Propaganda and repression, though control stayed incomplete

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