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6. what did the government not control?

  • production
  • inflation
  • rationing

7. there was a short boom during + after the war how can this be shown?

  • fiat expanded in to Europe and pirelli tyres made some money
  • silk industry grew
  • weapons produced

8. how many returning soldiers were there?

  • 3 million
  • 2 million
  • 2 and a half million
  • 1 and a half million

9. The value of the lira fell to £30 in 1919 but how much did fall in 1920?

  • £90
  • £70
  • £100
  • £60

10. How many men were conscripted?

  • 5 million
  • 8 million
  • 6 million
  • 7 million

11. Why was Caporetto so humiliating?

  • 700,000 retreated 30 miles and 300,000 were taken prisoner
  • 700,000 retreated a 100 miles and 300,000 were taken prisoner
  • 700,000 retreated 69 miles and 400,000 were taken prisoner

12. how much support was there for the war?

  • most Italians were happy with neutrality
  • fifty-fifty
  • outstanding support
  • extreme opposition

13. which political party(with a public hero, leader) inspired mussolini? 'action leads to results'

  • nationalists
  • catholics
  • socialists

14. which opposition group critcised the liberals the most for not getting what was promised in the treaty of london?

  • catholics
  • nationalists
  • socialists

15. how many were unemployed by 1919?

  • 2 million
  • 2.3 million
  • 4 million
  • 1.5 million

16. what was Italy's worst defeat in 1917?

  • caporetto
  • venetto
  • cornetta

17. Which PM entered Italy in WW1?

  • orlando
  • giolitti
  • mussolini
  • crispi

18. what party did d'annunzio come from and seize Fiume in 1919 with?

  • Nationalists
  • PPI
  • socialists
  • futurists

19. which political party was the biggest 'threat' to the liberals?

  • socialists
  • nationalists
  • catholics

20. what helped the 'red threat'?

  • turati sometimes occupying goverment posts
  • russian revolution 1917
  • lots of support from the church