History Key Words Definitions

Question 1

Anschluss

Answer 1

The joining of Austria and Germany becoming one state.

Question 2

Big Three

Answer 2

Three main leaders at Versailles peace conference, Lloyd George [Gb], Wilison [Usa], Clemencaeu [France]

Question 3

Demilitarized Zone

Answer 3

Area of Land where troops cannot be stationed.

Question 4

Democracy

Answer 4

Political system in which population vote for its government in elections.

Question 5

Disarmament

Answer 5

Process of scraping land, sea or air weapons.

Question 6

Fourteen points

Answer 6

Key points set out by Us president Woodrow Wilson for negotiating peace at the end of Ww1

Question 7

Hyper Inflation

Answer 7

Process of money becoming worthless.

Question 8

Idealist

Answer 8

A person motivated by particular beliefs.

Question 9

Realist

Answer 9

Politician who accepts a course of action even though it is not what they would preferer to do.

Question 10

Kapp Putsch

Answer 10

Attempt to overthrow democratically elected government in 1920

Question 11

League of nations

Answer 11

Organization set up to manage international disputes and prevent wars after ww1

Question 12

Mandates

Answer 12

System by which Britain and France took control of territories ruled by Germany and Turkey after ww1

Question 13

Paris Peace Conference

Answer 13

Conference which ran from 1919-23 to decide how to officially end ww1.

Question 14

Reparations

Answer 14

Compensation to be paid by Germany to France, Belgium, Britain and other states as a result of ww1.

Question 15

Rhineland

Answer 15

Area of Germany which bordered France. Under Treaty of Versailles it was demilitarized [no German troops aloud]

Question 16

Ruhr

Answer 16

Main industrial area of Germany.

Question 17

Saar

Answer 17

Region on the border between France and Germany run by the league of nations from 1921 to 1935 when its people voted to become part of Germany,

Question 18

Self determination

Answer 18

The right of nations to rule them self rather than be part of larger empires.

Question 19

Treaty of Brest Litovsk

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Treaty of Versalles

Answer 20

Treaty that officially ended war between Germany and the allies in 1919. Controversial because of the term which Germany believed to be to harsh.

Question 21

War Guilt

Answer 21

Clause in treaty of Versailles which forces Germany to accept blame for ww1.

Question 22

Young plan

Answer 22

American economic plan in 1929 to reorganize reparation payments to make it easier for Germany to pay.