Test vocab Flashcards
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Communism
A belief that everyone is economically equal. Everyone works for the good of the whole country
Ideology
A system of political beliefs
Nationalism
Pride in your country. Extreme nationalists also believe their country is superior to others
Left/right wing
A way to describe a range of political views
National socialist German workers party
Nazis
Reparations
Money paid in compensation by Germany to places like France who suffered damage from the war
Rhineland
An area of land between France and Germany
Colonies
Territories taken over and ruled by an empire
November criminals
A term by hitler to describe the Weimar government as betrayed Germany for signing the treaty if Versailles
Armistice
A ceasefire, end to fighting
League of Nations
An organisation set up to promote world peace
Conscription
Men of a certain age had to to serve a period of time in the armed forces
Diktat
Germans felt that the treaty of Versailles were dictated so they called it a diktat
Democratic
Government should be chosen by the people through elections with the choice of a range of political parties
Constitution
A set of rules a country has to govern by
Proportional representation
A system of voting to produce an election result in which members of parliament reflects the way votes were cast
Chancellor
The person who is head of the largest party
President
Head of state
Article 48
In a crisis the president is able to run the country himself for a short time
Reichstag
German parliament
Extremists
A term used to describe either ideas if actions thought by critics as unjust
Communists
Want an equal society with government ownership of industry
Putsch
Violent take over of the government. Also known as a coup
Passive resistance
Non violent protest like striking
