Kaiser Whilhelm II's Foreign Policy

Question 1

How was Kaiser Whilhelm related to the British royal family?

Answer 1

Grandson of Queen Victoria

Question 2

When was Wilhelm the Kaiser from and to?

Answer 2

1888-1918

Question 3

What did the Kaiser say to the Daily Telegraph in 1908?

Answer 3

“Germany must have a powerful fleet”

Question 4

How did he view the war?

Answer 4

He was unhappy about it

He felt it was an attack on Germany that Britain had been waiting for

Question 5

What was encirclement?

Answer 5

Germany is landlocked, and the Triple Entente circles it

Question 6

What was weltpolitik?

Answer 6

World policy - the ambition to be one of the greatest powers in the world

Question 7

What did the Kaiser mean by “a place in the sun”?

Answer 7

Imperialism - he wanted an overseas empire to rival Britain/France’s

Question 8

Why did the Kaiser want to expand the navy?

Answer 8

He wanted to rival Britain’s navy

Question 9

What were some of the Kaiser’s political stances?

Answer 9

Opposed democracy and socialism

Supported militarism and imperialism

Encouraged Austro-Hungary aggression after Ferdinand’s assassination