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Wie Geht's Kapitel 5: VORSCHAU
Vocab and Trivia from Vorschau 5: 'Spotlight on Austria' (S. 127-28)
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Language - German
Undergraduate 1
08/20/2009

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Hapsburgs
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Royal family who ruled Austria for much of its history
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e. Heiratspolitik (-en)
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Shrewdly arranged marriages between different royal families with the hope of consolidating power
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Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Romania
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5 major countries that were created by the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after WWI
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Sachertorte
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Famous dessert made at the Sacher Hotel
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e. Staatsoper
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Vienna's Opera, one of the foremost European opera houses
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r. Stefansdom
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St. Stephen's Cathedral, built in the 12th century with an iconic 450 ft. spire
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Pummerin
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Large, 4 ton bell in the tower atop St. Stephen's Cathedral
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Burgtheater
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Austria's national theater since 1776, showing classical dramas
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