Key words (Page 27)

Question 1

Anschluss

Answer 1

Joining of Austria and Germany as one state - forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles 1919 but carried out by Hitler in 1938.

Question 2

Big Three

Answer 2

Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd-George, George Clemenceau (and Vittorio Orlando)

Question 3

Conscription

Answer 3

Compulsory service in the armed forces.

Question 4

Co-operation

Answer 4

Working together - could be political, economic or legal.

Question 5

Demilitarised zone

Answer 5

Area of land where troops can’t be stationed.

Question 6

Democracy

Answer 6

Political system in which the population votes for its government in elections held on a regular basis.

Question 7

Disarmament

Answer 7

Process of scrapping land, sea or air weapons.

Question 8

Fourteen Points

Answer 8

Woodrow Wilson’s points to achieve a peaceful, idyllic world.

Question 9

Free trade

Answer 9

Countries can trade freely, importing and exporting as many goods and services as they wish.

Question 10

General strike

Answer 10

Large-scale co-ordinated strike by workers designed to stop essential services like power, transport etc.

Question 11

Hindsight

Answer 11

Looking back on historical events with the ability to see what happened since.

Question 12

Hyperinflation

Answer 12

Process of money becoming worthless, most notable instance was in Germany in 1923.

Question 13

Idealist

Answer 13

Person motivated by particular beliefs, e.g. commitment to right of peoples to rule themselves.

Question 14

Realist

Answer 14

Politician who accepts a particular course of action even though it’s not what they would prefer to do.

Question 15

Kapp Putsch

Answer 15

Attempt to overthrow democratically elected government in Germany in 1920.

Question 16

League of Nations

Answer 16

Organisation set up to manage international disputes and prevent wars after WW1. Brainchild of US President Woodrow Wilson.

Question 17

Mandates

Answer 17

System by which Britain and France took control of territories ruled by Germany and Turkey which had been on the losing side in WW1.

Question 18

Paris Peace Conference

Answer 18

Conference which ran 1919-20 to decide how to officially end WW1. Resulted in Treaty of Versailles with Germany and three other treaties.

Question 19

Public opinion

Answer 19

View of majority or large section of population on an issue, most important in democracies where politicians often have to win over public opinion.

Question 20

Reparations

Answer 20

Compensations to be paid by Germany to France, Belgium, Britain and other states as a result of WW1.

Question 21

Rhineland

Answer 21

Area of Germany that bordered France. Under Treaty of Versailles it was demilitarised - no German forces allowed there.

Question 22

Right-wing

Answer 22

Political groups or individuals with beliefs usually in national pride, authoritarian government and opposed to communism.

Question 23

Ruhr

Answer 23

Main industrial area of Germany.

Question 24

Saar

Answer 24

Region on the border between France and Germany. Run by League of Nations from 1920 to 1935 when its people voted to become part of Germany.

Question 25

Secret treaties

Answer 25

A treaty which is concealed from the public.

Question 26

Self-determination

Answer 26

The right for people to rule themselves.

Question 27

Territories

Answer 27

An area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state.

Question 28

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Answer 28

Treaty between Germany and Russia in 1918 which ended war between the two. Germany took massive amounts of land and reparations.

Question 29

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 29

Treaty that officially ended war between Allies and Germany in 1919. Controversial because of the terms, which Germany claimed to be excessively harsh.

Question 30

War Guilt (Article 231)

Answer 30

Clause in Treaty of Versailles which forced Germany to accept blame for WW1.

Question 31

Young Plan (1929)

Answer 31

American economic plan in 1929 to reorganise reparations payments to make it easier for Germany to pay.