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Democracy And Dictatorship In Germany Flashcards

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Alliance

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A relationship between two parties based upon a shared interest

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Democracy

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A system of government using elected representatives

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Dictatorship

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A state led by a dictator

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Dictator

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A ruler with total power over a country

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Constitution

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The set of principles establishing how a country is governed

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Conscription

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Compulsory military service for a set period of time

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Autocracy

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A system where one person has absolute rule

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Autonomy

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The right of self government

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Black market

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An underground economy where goods are sold and purchased without regulations

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Federal

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A system of government in which several States form a union but remain independent in internal affairs

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Jewish people

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People who are united through the religion or ethnicity and culture of judaism

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Anti semitism

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Hostility to, or prejudice against Jewish people

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Eugenics

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The dated scientific programme advocating controlled breeding for the genetic improvement of the race

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Rearmament

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The process of developing a new supply of weapons

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Hard currency

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A currency that is unlikely to fluctuate or depreciate suddenly or greatly

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Nationalism

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The belief in and support for a national identify and sovereignty

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Occupying powers

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The USA, the USSR, France and Great Britain who occupied Germany post World War II

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Passive resistance

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A form of opposition without the use of force

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Pogrom

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An organised massacre of a particular ethnic group.

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Proletariat

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Working class people

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Reparations

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War damages. The payment of money and the transfer of resources from the defeated to the Victor after a war

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Reichstag

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The German state Parliament

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Show trial

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A trial held in public to influence public opinion rather than ensure justice

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Proportional representation

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A form of democracy in which the number of votes won in an election determines the number of seats won in Parliament

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Coalition government

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A government formed by two or more political parties

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Collectivisation

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A policy initiated by stalin the USSR in the 1930s to create larger and more effective agricultural units under state control

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Total war

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A state of war in which involves the whole population economically and military in a war

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Welfare state

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A system in whereby the state commits to the protection and well being of its citizens by means as such as services, benefits and pensions

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Cult of personality

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The use of the power and charisma of a political leader to influence and dominate a nation

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Supranational

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A power of influence that transcend national boundaries or governments

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Annexation

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the act of seizing something such as territory

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Avant garde

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A term suggesting new ideas and styles in art

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Asocials

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people whom the Nazis deemed as socially unfit, such as alcoholics, prostitutes and homosexuals

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Autarky

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The aim for self sufficiency in the production of food and raw materials

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Bilateral

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Involving two parties

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Cartel

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An arrangement or association between businesses in order to control the market and restrict competition

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Balanced budget

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A financial programme where the government will not spend more than is able to raise in the revenue

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Dualism

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A system of government where two forces coexist

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Pluralism

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A system where two or more states, groups or parties exist

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Demagogue

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A political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of the people.

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Rapprochement

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The establishment or re-establishment of cordial relations between two powers

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Fuhrerprinzip

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The leadership principle and promoted the belief in a one party state built upon one all powerful leader

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Gauleiter

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Leader of a regional area

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Lebensborn

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Spring or the fountain of life and was a policy to promote racial purity through selective breeding

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Lebensraum

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Living Space and was a policy to create an empire and German supremacy to the east of Germany

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Stunde null

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Zero hour and is a term used in German Society to describe Germany’s collapse in the months after 1945

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Untermenschen

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Subhumans

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Wiedergutmachung

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Making good again. This entailed paying reparations or restitution to the victims of nazism

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Gleichschaltung

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Bringing into line or co-ordination

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Volksgemeinschaft

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A people’s community

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