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43 Cards in this Set
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Third Reich
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thousand year rule
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What colors are the german flag
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yellow, red, and black
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hitler believed in
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rebirth, greatness, violent tactics
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axis powers
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germany, italy, japan
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What did hitler write?
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mein kampf, which means my struggle, blueprint to him taking over
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Scapegoat
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victims
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What year did the depression occur?
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1929
there was a full scale of unemployment in 1932, economic crisis |
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Red Barron
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man in the louffwafer
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Louftwaffe
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Germany airforce
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What sides were which?
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East is communist
West is republic |
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Von Hindenburg
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he went against the teachings of germany
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Who was the leader of Germany before WWII?
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Bismark
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Fuhrer
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means dictator
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Why was hitler appealing?
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national pride
restore prosperity regain lost territories restore to prewar glory |
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Blitzkrieg
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german maning lightning war
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Where was the treaty of versailles signed?
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in the hall of mirrors
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When did the Berlin Wall fall?
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October 3,1990
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What's Germany's official name?
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The Federal Republic of Germany
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when did Ferdinand start WWI?
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1914
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What happended after WWII
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it was the height of the cold war
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What did the communists do in Germany?
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invaded germany and divided it inot east and west
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what was outlawed?
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political paties and trade unions
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How many years later did the wall come down?
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40 yrs.
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What are the natural boundaries?
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Baltic Sea, North Sea
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What are the political boundaries?
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Denmark, Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Luxinberg, France, Switzerland, and Belgium
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Terrain
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North is lowlands,
south is highlands They have bavarian alps climate- their winters are very cold, and they experience four seasons |
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International disputes
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WWI and WWII
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natural resources
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coal, oil, copper
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Rivers
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Elbe, Rhine, Danube
Elbe- empties into north sea rhine- starts in switz. goes into north sea |
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type of government
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federal republic
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strategic resource
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uranium
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Capital
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Berlin
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explain the three branches
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Executive- Parliament w/ chancelor as president
Legislative- Parliament w/ 2 chambers Judicial- Federal constitutional court like the surpreme court |
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Industry
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Cars: volkswagon
Hitler invented the Bug, BMW, Mercedes Benz BMW- Bavarian Motor Works |
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Important alliances
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common wealth of nations, UN, Nato, US
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What happended in 1919?
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WWI had ended w/ the treaty of versailles
Germany lost the war. this caused germany to not be allowed to manufacture planes and tanks money, inflation humiliation |
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Relations w/ US
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from 1919 ti 1945 it wasn't good
now on good terms |
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what did bismark think about his people?
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he considered them his subjects
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strategic resources
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uranium
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Auto Bahn
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no speed limit
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Religion
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Catholic and Protestant
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Who thought he was better than Bismark?
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Wilhem
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When did hitler invade Rhineland?
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1936
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