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The compromise which allowed for separate parliaments (Diets) and prime ministers in Austria and Hungary
What is Ausgleich?
100
The native name for the inhabitants of Hungary.
What is Magyars?
100
He was the Chancellor of Prussia, then Germany who created the Alliance system. Also called the "honest broker"
Who was Bismarck?
100
This was an agreement of support between Austria-Hungary and Germany?
What was the Dual Alliance?
100
This was the name of the meeting which was held in 1815 to restructure Europe after the fall of Napoleon?
What was the Congress of Vienna?
200
The league formed by Germany, Russia and Austria-Hungary in 1873, the three agreed to consult with one another on matters of common concern.
What is Dreikaiserbund?
200
The term which refers to the desire of the French after 1871 to avenge their defeat in the Franco-Prussian war.
What is Revanche?
200
The issue surrounding what would become of the Balkans following the shrinking influence of the Ottoman Empire?
What is the Eastern Question?
200
This was issued by the Kaiser which showed his sympathy to the Boers of South Africa during the Boer Wars of 1898 resulting in outrage in England.
What was the Kruger Telegram?
200
This was the term used for the show of unconditional support for Austria-Hungary from Germany which preceded the issue of an Ultimatum to Serbia following the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?
What was the Blank Cheque?
300
The war guilt question which followed the signing of the treaty of Versailles in which it was formally asserted that Germany and her allies were responsible for the war
What is kriegsschuldfrage?
300
The strategic response to the prospect of a two-front war following the formation of the Franco-Russian alliance.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
300
The Bosnian Serbian nationalist organization which was responsible for the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
What is the Black Hand?
300
This was an agreement of cooperation between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
What was the Triple Alliance?
300
These were a series of conflicts between France and Germany over French imperialistic aims in North Africa. The goal of the Kaiser and Chancellor von Bulow was to push a wedge between France and Britain. The plan backfired.
What were the Moroccan Crisises?
400
This was a new initiative launched by Wilhelm II when he became Emperor of Germany in 1888, which led to the dismissal of Bismarck in 1890.
What was the Neue Kurs?
400
The term used to describe the policies of the government of Wilhelm II in which Germany was to take its place as one of the Great Powers of the world
What was Weltpolitik?
400
This man shot Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofie in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914.
Who was Gavrilo Princip?
400
This is the German term used for the peace conditions which were imposed on them at the Treaty of Versailles?
What was the Diktat?
400
He was the German chancellor who replaced von Bulow and was responsible for the Septemberprogramme.
Who was Bethmann-Hollweg?
500
The name of the German parliament that was established in Berlin by the constitution of 1871
What is the Reichstag?
500
He was the chancellor of Germany from 1900-09 who stated, "Will Germany be the Hammer or the Anvil?"
Who was von Bulow?
500
He was the German commander of German armed forces who believed "its better to fight a was with France, sooner than later."
Who is von Moltke?
500
He was the Austrian Foreign Minister who worked to crush nationalism wherever he saw it and was instrumental in issuing the Ultimatum to Serbia.
Who was Count Berthold?
500
This is the foreign policy theory following the fall of Napoleon which supported equality of each of the 5 Great Powers in an effort to avoid war.
What was the Balance of Power?