Ms. Avar
Point Value:
/5 / Benito
Mussolini
(Video Notes) / Full Name:______
Period #:______
Today’s Date:______
Assignment #: ______
Instructions: Watch the video to complete the information below.
(If you were absent, make an appointment to see the sample binder or visit our class webpage).
/ 1. What influence did his socialist father have on Benito? / 2. Describe Benito’s violent behavior during his youth. / 3. Why did Benito leave Italy and go to Switzerland?4. What did Benito dislike and rebel against in terms of politics in Italy?
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7. What was happening in Italy in 1919? / / 8. What did Mussolini promise to do for the people of Italy?
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What was his nickname?
10. Mussolini convinced people he was the one man alive who could do what for Italy? / 11. When the King felt threatened by Mussolini’s following, what political position was Mussolini granted? / 12. Describe Mussolini's personality. /
/ 13. How could he win over almost anyone / what was his “art”? / 14. What did Mussolini do to make sure that no other political party would be a threat? / 15. Between 1925 and 1926 how many assassination attempts were made on his life?
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16. Whose support did Mussolini really want?
/ 17. What would Mussolini do to the newspapers?
/ / 18. How did Hitler feel about Mussolini?
How did Mussolini feel about Hitler?
/ 19. What did Hitler do to offend Mussolini? / 20. How old were you when you had to start military training in Italy?
/ 21. What was the first country Mussolini invaded in an effort to be an Imperializing power?
22. How had Hitler changed since his visit to Italy? / 23. Did Mussolini share Hitler’s viewpoint on anti-Semitism (hatred of Jews)? / 24. How did Mussolini’s actions contradict (go against) his viewpoint? / 25. Did the general Italian population want to go to war?
26. How did the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact affect Mussolini? / / 27. Was Italy really as powerful as Mussolini boasted? / 28. When Mussolini became ill, what was Hitler’s reaction?
29. How did Hitler respond to the arrest of Mussolini? / 30. What did the Italian population do with the bodies of Mussolini and his comrades? / / 31. How do some current Italians feel about Mussolini?
32. In your opinion, why do you think Italy allowed somebody like Mussolini to have so much power?
Could you have guessed how it would end for Mussolini? Explain: