Late Quiz Vocab Flashcards
Reich
German term for empire
Prussia
Most powerful German state before unification
Weimar Republic
First democratic republic, replaced by Hitler
Third Reich
Hitlers fascist totalitarian regime
National Socialist Party
Hitlers fascist party
Adolf Hitler
Nazi leader of their reich
Basic law
Germanys current constitution
Federal Republic of Germany
Democratic west Germany during the postwar division of Germany
German Democratic Republic
Communist East Germany during postwar division
Christian democratic union
Germanys largest conservative party
Reunification
1990 integration of east and west germany
Federal Chancellor
Germanys prime minister and head of government
Federal president
Indirectly elected and largely ceremonial head of state
Bundestag
Lower house of Germanys legistlature
Bunderstrat
Upper house of Germanys legislature
Lander
German states
Federal Constitutional Court
Powerful court that interprets basic law
Minister-President
Governor of a German state
Catchall parties
Attract voters of all classes and are centrist
Angela Merkel
Germanys conservative chancellor
Social democratic party
Small centrist party that often forms coalitions
Free democratic party
Small centrist party that often forms coalitions
Green party
Germanys environmental party
The Left
Farthest left german party
Gastarbeite
Guest workers or foreign workers
Social market economy
Countrys capitalist economy with social democratic features
Codetermination
Unions must occupy half of the board of directors seats of large private firms
Article 9
Peace clause of japans constitution. Renounce the right to wage war
Self defense force
Japans military with only defensive capabilities
Rich Country, Strong Military
Mercantilist slogan promoting modernization efforts
Liberal democratic party
Conservative party, has had over 6 decades of governence since 1955
Samurai
Japans feudal era warrior retaiiners
Shogun
Dominant lord in feudal Japan
Meiji restoration
Revolution from above. Modernization in the name of Meiji emporer
Meiji oligarchs
Junior samurai who led Japans 19th century modernization
Diet
Bicameral parliament electoral system
Taisho democracy
Tentative democratization in Japan