key terms

Question 1

Armistice

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Republic

Answer 2

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

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 (also known as the October Revolution), 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

Reichstag

Answer 6

The elected lower house of the German parliament.

Question 7

Universal Male Suffrage

Answer 7

A system in which every adult male has the right to vote in elections

Question 8

Constituent Assembly

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Aristocracy

Answer 9

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