German unification
Imperialism
World War I
Weimar Republic
National Socialism
Random Facts
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Who was the Prussian chancellor known as the “architect” of German unification?
Otto von Bismarck
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Which continent was the main focus of European imperialism known as the “Scramble”?
Africa
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Which treaty ended WWI between Germany and the Allied Powers?
Treaty of Versailles
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What period of cultural flowering took place in Germany between 1924 and 1929?
The Golden Twenties
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What was the official name of Hitler’s party?
National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP)
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What year did the Berlin Wall fall?
1989
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What was the name of the German parliament of the new empire created after 1871?
Reichstag
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Which German chancellor hosted the Berlin Conference in 1884–85?
Otto von Bismarck
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Which event was the immediate spark of World War I?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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What was Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution known for?
Allowing the president to rule by emergency law
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What book did Hitler write while in prison?
Mein Kampf
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Which country built a great wall to protect against invasions?
China
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In which year was the German Empire officially proclaimed in Versailles?
1871
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Name one colony that Germany established in Africa.
German South-West Africa, Togo, Cameroon, German East Africa
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Which countries made up the Triple Entente?
Britain, France, Russia
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What was the name of Germany’s first president in the Weimar Republic?
Friedrich Ebert
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What global crisis helped the Nazis gain popularity in 1929–1932?
The Great Depression
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Who was the South African leader who fought apartheid and became president in 1994?
Nelson Mandela
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What was Bismarck’s approach to achieving unification, summarized by two words in his famous speech?
Blood and iron
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What was the name of the 1904–1908 genocide carried out by Germans in Namibia?
Herero and Nama genocide
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What was the area between the opposing trenches of a battlefield known as?
No man’s land
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What was the name of the failed coup attempt by Hitler in 1923?
Beer Hall Putsch / Munich Putsch
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Name one key demand of the NSDAP’s 25-point program.
For example: abolition of the Treaty of Versailles, expansion of territory, exclusion of Jews from citizenship
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Who was the queen of France executed during the French Revolution?
Marie Antoinette
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What war in 1870–71 finally brought the southern German states into the German Empire?
Franco-Prussian War
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Name one long-term consequence of European colonialism in Africa that is still visible today.
Political instability, economic exploitation, cultural disruption, ethnic conflict
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Which military plan did Germany use to attack France via Belgium?
The Schlieffen Plan
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What voting system did the Weimar Constitution introduce for elections?
Proportional representation
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What was the name of Hitler’s personal "guard/security group"?
SS (Schutzstaffel)
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Who led the independence movement in India using nonviolent resistance?
Mahatma Gandhi
