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Ideology

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A system and set of ideas and theories

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Max Weber

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An eminent German sociologist and philosopher

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Pan-German League

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A German political society that believed Germany should extend its frontiers to include all Germans- in Poland, Switzerland and Austria.

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Navy League

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A German pressure group which agitated for a large German navy

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Charles Darwin

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An English geologist and biologist, who in his ‘On the Origin of Species’, argued that the evolution of life was the result of natural selection or the survival of the fittest

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Philanthropy

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The desire to help humanity

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Anthropologist

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Someone who studies human beings and their societies, customs and beliefs

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Concentration Camp scandal

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In the final stages of the Boer war in order to defeat the guerilla tactics of Boers, the British relocated the civilian population in concentration camps where a large proportion died of disease

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Jingoism

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Extreme patriotism supporting an aggressive foreign policy

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Reich

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Empire

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Counter-revolutionary

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Person who opposes a revolution and wants to reverse its results

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El Dorado

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Spanish for a fabulously wealthy city or state

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Social Imperialism

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A policy aimed at uniting all social classes behind plans for creating and expanding an empire

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Benjamin Disraeli

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Conservative Prime Minister. He was an ardent imperialist who believed that patriotism and nationalism could overcome class divisions

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Balkans

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A geographic area in south-eastern Europe; the principal states in 1913 were: Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece

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Russo-Austrian Bulgarian war scare

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in 1885 the Russians kidnapped the ruler of Bulgaria because he refused to become a Russian puppet. This risked war with Austria, which wished to minimize Russian influence in Bulgaria

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Charismatic

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Inspiring great enthusiasm and loyalty

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General Georg von Caprivi

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German general and Reich Chancellor

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Alliance system

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The German-Austrian alliance of 1879 was opposed by the Franco-Russian alliance of 1894

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Theophile Delcasse

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French Foreign Minister. He was forced to resign by the Germans in 1905, but in 1911-13 he was Naval Minister and Foreign Minister again 1914-15

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Entente

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A friendly understanding between states rather than a formal alliance.

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Entente Cordiale

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Anglo-French entente. It led to the restoration of good Anglo-French relations

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Protectorate

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A territory that is controlled and protected by another state

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Imperial overstretch

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Term describing the point when an empire has been overextended

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Schlieffen Plan

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It envisaged a two-front war against France and Russia. France was to be defeated within a month by flanking movement through Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg and then the mass of the German army would move eastwards to deal with Russia. he plan was later revised to omit Holland

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Two-front war

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A war in which fighting takes place on two geographically separate fronts

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Triple Entente

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An entente between three powers

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South Slavs

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Formed the main ethic group in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which Austria occupied in 1878

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Alliance system

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The German-Austrian alliance of 1879 was opposed by the Franco-Russian alliance of 1894

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Waterloo

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In 1815 the British defeated Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo

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Sedan

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The location of the traumatic defeat of the French by the Prussians in September 1870

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Paul Deroulede

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French politician and founder of the League of Patriots

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Elite

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The ruling class

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Pressure groups

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Associations formed to promote a particular interest by influencing government policy

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Anarchist

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A supporter of anarchism, a political theory advocating small self-governing societies

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Jules Forry

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French politician and Prime Minister and strong supporter of French colonial expansion

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