1 - Key Terms

Question 1

Republic

Answer 1

a system of government in which the Head of State, or President, is elected into office

Question 2

Armistice

Answer 2

an agreement to suspend fighting in order to allow a peace treaty to be negotiated

Question 3

Constitutional

Answer 3

an established set of principles governing a state

Question 4

Mutiny

Answer 4

a revolt by soldiers or sailors against their officers

Question 5

Soviets

Answer 5

the workers’ and soldiers’ councils established in the Russia Revolution of 1917 when the Russian Provisional Government was removed and the Bolsheviks, under the influence of Lenin, took control - the revolution was announced at the second Congress of the Soviets, which were democratic bodies that existed in parallel to the Provisional Government

Question 6

Constituent Assembly

Answer 6

an elected body with the specific task of drawing up a new constitution, usually in the aftermath of a revolution

Question 7

Aristocracy

Answer 7

the highest class in certain societies, typically comprising people of noble birth holding hereditary titles and offices

Question 8

Proportional representation

Answer 8

a system of elections in which parties are allocated seats in parliament according to the proportion of votes they receive

Question 9

Autocracy

Answer 9

system of government in which power is concentrated in the hands of one person