key words

Question 1

Imperial Germany

Answer 1

the title given to Germany from 1871 to 1918 and the end of the first world war (November 1918)

Question 2

Kaiser

Answer 2

the german word for emperor

Question 3

Abdicate

Answer 3

to give up power and/or responsability

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Autocracy

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a political system where one person has total controle/ power over a nation

Question 5

The Weimar Republic

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the title given to the regime which governed Germany between the end of the first world war in November 1918 and the election of Adolf Hitler in January 1933

Question 6

A Republic

Answer 6

a country in which the power is held by the people and their elected representatives and whcih has a elected or nominated president rather then a monarch

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Democracy

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a form of goverment in which the pwer is vested in the people and exercided directly by them or by their elected representatives

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Constitution

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the set of political principles/laws outlining how a nation is governed- bigger laws of the land eg human rights

Question 9

The Reichstag

Answer 9

the German parliament

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Legislation

Answer 10

making new laws and approving them eg parliment

Question 11

“stab in the back myth”

Answer 11

the right wing myth coined by the world war one gerneral Hinderburg in november 1919 which declared that the german army could have won the war but were ‘stabed in the back’ by the goverment that replaced Kaiser

Question 12

SPD

Answer 12

Main left wing political party in Germany

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Inflation

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when the prices rise and the value of currency decreases

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Armistice

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a truce or an agreement made by opposing sides to stop or delay fighting a war

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The Allies

Answer 15

WWI: Britain, France, Russia,
WWII: Britain, France, USSR and USA

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rule by decree

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power to pass any law without having to consult any other person or body

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legitimacy

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is commonly defined as the belief that a rule, insitiution or leader has the right to goven

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Diktat

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a ‘dictated peace’ - a harsh settlement imposed on a defeated nation

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Treaty

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a formal agreement between two or more states

Question 20

‘November criminals’

Answer 20

a name given to the Weimar politicians after signing the armistice agreement in november 1918

Question 21

Cede

Answer 21

give up

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The second Reich

Answer 22

the empire from 1870 to the Weimar Republic in 1918

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Bauhous

Answer 23

modern school of design founded in germnay

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Cabaret

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satirical art form practised in nightclubs

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checks and balances

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part of a constitution or political system that ensured that no one part or individual would have to much power

Question 26

Daws plan 1924

Answer 26

an agreement which reduced Germany’s annual reparations payments and provided US loans to help

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Decree

Answer 27

an order or law

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Freikorps

Answer 28

paramilitary groups of volunteer soldiers

Question 29

KPD

Answer 29

German communist party

Question 30

left wing

Answer 30

parties that promote the creation of a more equal society

Question 31

Munich Putsh

Answer 31

Attempt by the Nazis in 1923 to seize power and start a national revolution

Question 32

Nationalism

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seeks to glorify a nation

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passive resistance

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resisting a government via peaceful means

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Preportional representation

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the percent of votes a party gets = percent of seats in parliment

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Putch

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an attempt to seize power

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Referendum

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democratic vote on a single issue

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Second Reich

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Germany 1871-1918 with Kaiser as head

Question 38

Sparticist league

Answer 38

communist political group