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Italy's fascist government was centered around what charismatic dictator who acted as the country's prime minister?
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Benito Mussolini
Carivolo Magne
Napoleon III
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In 1922, a fascist march on what Italian capital ended up gaining Mussolini the position of prime minister?
Como
Verona
Rome
Turin
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What Italian king technically ruled the nation during its fascist period although he largely deferred to Mussolini's will?
King John of Italy
King Leopold IV
King Viktor Emmanuel III
King Jan Alatorre IV
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What colorful nickname was given to Mussolini's radical volunteer militia who used intimidation and political violence to support their dictator?
The Redheads
The Blackshirts
The Blue Bells
The Green Earth
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As prime minister, Mussolini quickly endeared himself to Italian radicals by occupying what other country in an event known as the Corfu Incident?
Lichtenstein
Algeria
France
Greece
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In 1935, Italy demonstrated its imperial ambitions by launching a full invasion of what African country?
Albania
Madagascar
Yemen
Ethiopia
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Fascist Italy's invasion of Ethiopia ended up shattering the political alliance known as the Stresa Front that Italy entered with what other two countries?
Spain and Germany
France and the U.K.
Egypt and Libia
Saudi Arabia and China
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One of the arguably positive social changes the fascist regime instituted was what after-work organization that helped citizens organize friendly sports leagues and recreational clubs that built libraries and movie theaters up and down the country?
The Dopolavoro
The Eguchi
The Barnaducci Hors
The Piatsa-org
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A major step toward the undoing of Fascist Italy was the 1943 Allied invasion of what island just south of Italy that Mussolini's troops controlled?
The Isle of Man
Sicily
The Isle of White
Madagascar
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True or False: Fascist Italy used a special unit of currency called a musso?
True
False
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What was the Italian phrase meaning "Our Sea" that the fascists used to describe their plans for the Mediterranean Sea?
Ourum Aquas
Mare Nostrum
Merras Collecta
Pater Pele
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In the name of expanding their empire, Fascist Italy brutalized what existing colony in North Africa by putting its residents in concentration camps and executing suspected dissidents?
Libia
Egypt
Tunisia
Sudan
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Fascist Italy gained dominion over the Mediterranean and access to the Atlantic Ocean by supplying what other fascist country with huge weapon stocks to help it win its civil war?
The United Arab Emirates
Hungary
Croatia
Spain
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What was the 1938 policy by Fascist Italy that stripped Jews and racial minorities of their citizenship?
The Purification Plan
The Order of Common Sense
The Blessing of Italiana
The Manifesto of Race
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The O.V.R.A. was Mussolini's secret police who regularly tortured and murdered those they suspected of not agreeing with fascism. What does that acronym stand for?
Office of Ventures, Repelling Animosity
Order of the Vulpine, Ready and Armed
Operation: Valorous Redemption of Amity
Organization for Vigilance and the Repression of Anti-Fascism
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One of Fascist Italy's major plays to gain political authority was gifting sovereignty over what city to the Roman Catholic Church?
Vatican City
Rome
Milan
Venice
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What pope signed the Lateran Treaty with Fascist Italy to establish the independence of Vatican City?
Benedict XVI
John Paul II
Pius XI
Thomas I
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Fascist Italy made a public spectacle of trying to oust what organized crime group that operated within their borders?
The Sisare-Covie
The Cappicola Bandi
Cosa Nostra
The Copatri
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Fascist Italy helped train and arm the terrorist leader Ante Pavelic and his Ustase army. Pavelic and the Ustase would go on to murder hundreds of thousands of people by taking over what other European country?
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Serbia
Croatia
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In 1938, after Mussolini capitulated to Hitler's demands for greater antisemitism, what infamous man became Italy's new minister of culture and propaganda?
Giuseppe Arnault
Roberto Farinacci
Silas Garrigo
Antony Marsella
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With the Tripartite Act, Italy, Germany, and Japan formed what infamous military alliance?
The Central Powers
The Allied Powers
The Axis Powers
The Eastern Powers
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What nickname meaning "The Leader" was commonly used in propaganda surrounding Benito Mussolini?
Il Duce
Colm Freider
Con Sesa
La Monos
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What song about partisans fighting in Italy's mountainous regions became a famous symbol of opposition used by antifascists in the country as they undermined Mussolini?
Bella Ciao!
Des Colores
La Marseillaise
Funiculi Funicula
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What concept that was adjacent to manifest destiny stated that Fascist Italy should rule every country adjacent to them?
Italia Fierro
Italia Suprema
Italia Irredenta
Italia Occidentalis
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What son-in-law of Benito Mussolini handled Fascist Italy's diplomatic affairs until he voted to oust Mussolini and lost his life as a result?
Arturo Glazzier
Salazar Picassa
Galeazzo Ciano
Enrico Palazzo
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One of Fascist Italy's most definitive military victories was the conquest of what country whose king Zog I was sent fleeing into Greece as a result?
Albania
Hungary
France
Bulgaria
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25 Luglio is a historic day in the fall of Fascist Italy because it was on this day that Mussolini was voted out from the position of prime minister. What does 25 Luglio mean when translated into English?
The 25 Documents
The 25th of July
The 25th Turn of the Game
The 25th Lord's Fall
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With what treaty did Fascist Italy officially surrender to the Allied Powers?
The Treaty of Lavinnia
The Treaty of Arsdale
The Armistice of Cassibile
The Peace of Riennes
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Paratroopers from what country busted Mussolini out of prison during the Gran Sasso Raid?
Spain
Japan
France
Germany
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What was the name of Mussolini's second fascist government that he briefly ruled with Hitler's backing?
The Angevin Empire of Italy
The National Socialist Republic of Italy
New Italy
The Italian Social Republic
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