Germany, Britain and France

Question 1

Ideology

Answer 1

A system and set of ideas and theories

Question 2

Max Weber

Answer 2

An eminent German sociologist and philosopher

Question 3

Pan-German League

Answer 3

A German political society that believed Germany should extend its frontiers to include all Germans- in Poland, Switzerland and Austria.

Question 4

Navy League

Answer 4

A German pressure group which agitated for a large German navy

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Charles Darwin

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An English geologist and biologist, who in his ‘On the Origin of Species’, argued that the evolution of life was the result of natural selection or the survival of the fittest

Question 6

Philanthropy

Answer 6

The desire to help humanity

Question 7

Anthropologist

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Someone who studies human beings and their societies, customs and beliefs

Question 8

Concentration Camp scandal

Answer 8

In the final stages of the Boer war in order to defeat the guerilla tactics of Boers, the British relocated the civilian population in concentration camps where a large proportion died of disease

Question 9

Jingoism

Answer 9

Extreme patriotism supporting an aggressive foreign policy

Question 10

Reich

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Empire

Question 11

Counter-revolutionary

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Person who opposes a revolution and wants to reverse its results

Question 12

El Dorado

Answer 12

Spanish for a fabulously wealthy city or state

Question 13

Social Imperialism

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A policy aimed at uniting all social classes behind plans for creating and expanding an empire

Question 14

Benjamin Disraeli

Answer 14

Conservative Prime Minister. He was an ardent imperialist who believed that patriotism and nationalism could overcome class divisions

Question 15

Balkans

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A geographic area in south-eastern Europe; the principal states in 1913 were: Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece

Question 16

Russo-Austrian Bulgarian war scare

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in 1885 the Russians kidnapped the ruler of Bulgaria because he refused to become a Russian puppet. This risked war with Austria, which wished to minimize Russian influence in Bulgaria

Question 17

Charismatic

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Inspiring great enthusiasm and loyalty

Question 18

General Georg von Caprivi

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German general and Reich Chancellor

Question 19

Alliance system

Answer 19

The German-Austrian alliance of 1879 was opposed by the Franco-Russian alliance of 1894

Question 20

Theophile Delcasse

Answer 20

French Foreign Minister. He was forced to resign by the Germans in 1905, but in 1911-13 he was Naval Minister and Foreign Minister again 1914-15

Question 21

Entente

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A friendly understanding between states rather than a formal alliance.

Question 22

Entente Cordiale

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Anglo-French entente. It led to the restoration of good Anglo-French relations

Question 23

Protectorate

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A territory that is controlled and protected by another state

Question 24

Imperial overstretch

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Term describing the point when an empire has been overextended

Question 25

Schlieffen Plan

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It envisaged a two-front war against France and Russia. France was to be defeated within a month by flanking movement through Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg and then the mass of the German army would move eastwards to deal with Russia. he plan was later revised to omit Holland

Question 26

Two-front war

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A war in which fighting takes place on two geographically separate fronts

Question 27

Triple Entente

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An entente between three powers

Question 28

South Slavs

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Formed the main ethic group in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which Austria occupied in 1878

Question 29

Alliance system

Answer 29

The German-Austrian alliance of 1879 was opposed by the Franco-Russian alliance of 1894

Question 30

Waterloo

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In 1815 the British defeated Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo

Question 31

Sedan

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The location of the traumatic defeat of the French by the Prussians in September 1870

Question 32

Paul Deroulede

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French politician and founder of the League of Patriots

Question 33

Elite

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The ruling class

Question 34

Pressure groups

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Associations formed to promote a particular interest by influencing government policy

Question 35

Anarchist

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A supporter of anarchism, a political theory advocating small self-governing societies

Question 36

Jules Forry

Answer 36

French politician and Prime Minister and strong supporter of French colonial expansion