History EOY reviision Thursday

What did Kaiser Wilhelm want

He wanted a big empire like Britain

Who was in the triple entente

France, Britain, Russia

Who was in the triple alliance

Germany, Italy, Austria

What is Militarism

When a country wants a bigger army

What is nationalism

The belief that your country is always right and that it is more important than other countries.

What is imperialism

When one country take over another, expanding its empire

What was the name of the group of Terrorist who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand

The Black Hand Gang

What was the name of the assassinator

Gavrilo Princip

What was the Schlieffen plan

Germany send multiple units at once into France through Belgium and Luxembourg-. They encircle Paris and overthrow France.

What were dugouts

Rooms dug out of the bac wall of the trenches

What were duckboards

Planks placed on the trench floor to stop them from sinking into the mud

What is a fire step

A step for shooting over the trench and into no mans land

What was a periscope

It allowed troops to see over the top of the trench

What were artillery

Huge guns that fired enormous explosive or poisonous shells.

What was a gas bell for

To alert the troops to put on a gas mask

What was a common trench food

Bully beef

What disease did lice spread

Trench fever

Why did the German people support Hitler

They were desperate and he promised greater Germany.

The Weimar republic was unpopular

Propaganda was used a lot

Hitler was a good public speaker

What was a key event that made the Nazi party more popular

The wall street crash and great depression made unemployment rise. People became desperate and the Nazis became more popular

What are ways that the Nazis used propoganda

• Books in school

• Posters

• public holidays and festivals

• films

How did Hitler use terror

He created a created the SS. They had many jobs such as running concentration camps, general security and an elite army unit.

Secret police called the Gestapo. They spied on people to hear if they said anything against the Nazi regime.

Concentration camps

Judges swore and oath to Hitler