Key Terms Flashcards

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Appeasement

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Policy of pacifying an aggressor to avoid conflict

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Mitigation

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Bringing people or countries together to verbally solve problems or disputes

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Council

LoN

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Members of the League who met one a year to discuss international relations

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Isolationist

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The FP of not getting involved in foreign matters
e.g. America had an isolationist policy in the 1920s and 30s (absence in LoN, tariffs on imported goods etc)

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Plebiscite

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When everyone in the whole country (not just politicians) votes on something

e.g. Saar plebiscite 1935

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Secretariat

LoN

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Bureaucrats that implemented the decisions of the Assembly and Council

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Hegemony

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Power or dominance

Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871

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