alliance
Italian Fascist party leader during World War II
2. Axis
extreme totalitarian government run by a dictator and based on highly-emotional nationalism
3. dictator
coalition of countries that opposed the Allied powers in World War II
4. economic collapse
the financial panic and downfall of a country
5. fasces
to subdue and limit the freedoms of people
6. fascism
rods bound by straps, blade of an axe protrudes from the rods symbolizing unity and strength, used as a symbol for power and jurisdiction
7. Mussolini
a close association of countries
8. suppress
a sole ruler of a nation; often cruel and abusive