Answer:
1. Axis --- Coalition of countries that opposed the Allied powers in World War II
2. Supress --- To subdue and limit the freedoms of people
3. Alliance --- A close association of countries
4. Mussolini --- Italian Fascist party leader during World War II
5. Economic collapse --- The financial panic and downfall of a country
6. Fascism --- Extreme totalitarian government run by a dictator and based on highly-emotional nationalism
7. Fasces --- Rods bound by straps, blade of an axe protrudes from the rods symbolizing unity and strength, used as a symbol for power and jurisdiction
8. Dictator --- A sole ruler of a nation; often cruel and abusive
Explanation:
1- In World War II, the Axis Powers were the belligerent side that fought against the Allies, being integrated and led by Germany, the Empire of Japan and the Kingdom of Italy, in addition to the help of other countries.
2- The suppression of rights is the situation by which the government removes fundamental rights to its citizens, without the legitimacy to do so.
3- An alliance is usually an agreement or pact between two or more countries, made in order to achieve objectives and interests beneficial to both.
4- Benito Mussolini was an Italian politician, military and journalist; President of the Council of Royal Ministers of Italy from 1922 to 1943 and Duce -guide- of the Italian Social Republic from 1943 until his execution. He brought to power the Fascist Party, and led a totalitarian regime during the period known as Italian Fascism of the Kingdom of Italy under the blessing of Victor Emmanuel III. In addition, he was the one who led Italy during the Second World War, as part of his imperialist plans in Europe and Africa.
5- Economic collapse is the phase of an economic cycle in which there is a period of scarcity in the production, marketing and consumption of products and services.
6- Fascism is an ideology, a political movement and a type of totalitarian and undemocratic state; created by the Italian leader Benito Mussolini, that spread in interwar Europe from 1918 to 1939.
7- The fasces were the union of 30 rods, tied in a ritual way with a red leather belt forming a cylinder that held a common axe.
8- A dictatorship is an authoritarian form of government, characterized by a single leader or group of leaders without party, little mass mobilization and limited political pluralism.
