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| What does Nazi stand for and when did the Nazi? |
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| National Socialist German Workers' Party |
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| How many people died in the Holocaust? |
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| 11 million people, 6 million jews |
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| What is the Oder-Neisse line? |
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| Who is the current chancellor of Germany and what party do they belong to? Additionally, where does the party fall on the political spectrum? |
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| The current chancellor is Angela Merkel and is part of the Christian Democrat Party (CDP) which is in a coalition government with the SDP (Socialist Democrats Party). This party is on the center-right. |
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| What is the basic law of Germany? |
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| This is the constitution of Germany, which was made during the occupation period. |
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| The lower class of the Parliament. They are popularly elected. |
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| The German upper house of parliament that represents the Lander. |
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| The German version of states. |
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| Junkers are the upper class of Germany. |
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| What is the reverse course? |
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| US foreign policy was more anxious to prevent the spread of communism than to encourage the spread of democracy. |
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| How is Germany's vote of no confidence different than that of the Westminster model? |
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| Both cause governments to fall, but Germany's vote requires that the next chancellor be identified if the government does fall. |
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| During their fascist periods, Germany and Japan's foreign policies can be described as. |
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| Under occupation, what was the name for West Germany? |
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| FRG (Federal Republic of Germany) |
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| Under occupation, what was the name for Eastern Germany? |
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| GDR (German Democratic Republic) |
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| When/who was crowned at Versailles after the Prussian win of the Franco-Prussian war? |
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| Otto Von Bismarck was crowned at Versailles in 1870. |
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| When did the Bismarck era exist and what type of government was it? |
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| The Bismarck era existed from 1870 to 1914 (start of WWI) and was a authoritarian government. |
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| What is Kulturekampf and what party emerged from it? |
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| A cultural struggle in Germany where the Protestants attacked the Catholics and the Center Party emerged, which later turned into the SPD. |
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| Who was the 2nd President of the Weimar Republic? |
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| What type of voting system currently exists in Germany? |
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| It is currently a SMD, first past-the-post, two vote ballot system with bi-cameral parliamentary representation. |
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| List the government regimes of Japan in chronological order. |
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1. Tokugawa Shogunate
2. Meiji Restoration
3. Taisho Democracy
4. Occupation
5. Current Era |
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| What countries are currently nuclear powers/developing nuclear powers? |
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1. USA
2. France
3. UK
4. China
5. Russia
6. India
7. Pakistan
8. Israel (not supposed to)
9. North Korea (developing illegally)
10. Iran (developing illegally) |
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| What is the one party that has essentially ruled Japan? |
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| LDP (Liberal Democratic Party) |
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| Who is the current prime minister of Japan and what party is he a part of? |
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| Shinzo Abe, LDP (center-right) |
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| Prewar Japanese individual houses that aided Japanese militarism . |
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| What is the Peace Preservation Act and when was it created? |
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| 1925-banned political parties from attempting to question or change the governmantal regime. |
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| When was preventive arrest made legal in Japan? |
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| What does Article 9 of the Yoshida Doctrine state? |
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| Japan is not allowed to develop an army. |
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| What are restrictions on free speech in Germany? |
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1. Cannot say Holocaust did not happen.
2. Cannot use hate speech. |
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| What are the two houses of Japan's parliament called? |
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Definition
| The Diet and the House of Councilors |
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| What constitution was the Taisho constitution based off? |
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Definition
| The Prussian constitution because the American constitution was too liberal. |
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| What are the native people of Japan called? |
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| Who was the General that led the occupation of Japan? |
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| Who/when represented America when requesting Japanese open ports for American trade? |
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