Edexcel GCSE History key terms

Money collected by the government from taxes on imports and exports.

Criminal activity carried out using computers or networks, including online fraud and extortion.

The German Labour Front, the Nazi organisation that replaced independent trade unions and controlled workers’ pay and conditions.

A small school run by a woman, usually in her own home, providing elementary instruction and sometimes household training.

The area of England where Danish settlement and rule established Scandinavian legal and cultural influence.

An urban work unit that organised employment and access to services such as housing, while also monitoring political behaviour.

The German Workers’ Party, a small right-wing political party led by Anton Drexler that Hitler joined in September 1919.

A law passed in 1887 that authorised the allotment of reservation land to Indigenous individuals and families and allowed remaining land to be opened to settlers.

The 1924 agreement that made Germany’s annual reparations payments more manageable and helped secure American loans.

An official document authorising a person’s execution.

The surgical removal of dead, damaged or contaminated tissue from a wound to help prevent infection.

Giving more decision-making power to smaller or local organisations rather than concentrating it at the centre.

The process through which colonies become independent of the country that ruled them.

An order issued by a government that has the force of law.

Changing the law so that an activity is no longer a criminal offence, sometimes only under specified conditions.

The belief that God created the world but does not continually intervene in its events.

Entrusting tasks to another person while retaining overall responsibility and authority.

Land kept by a lord for their own use, rather than granted to tenants.

Removing a country's armed forces and its capacity to wage war.

A place from which military forces and installations have been removed.

An area in which military forces or installations are prohibited or restricted by agreement, to reduce the danger of conflict.

A system in which Party members could discuss policy before a decision, but everyone had to support and implement the agreed decision afterwards.

Removing Nazi organisations, laws and influence from public life in Germany after the Second World War.

A legal status granted to a foreign-born person that provided some rights enjoyed by English subjects, without full naturalisation.

A legal position granted to a foreign-born person that provided some rights enjoyed by English subjects, but was not full naturalisation.

Publicly accusing someone of wrongdoing or political disloyalty.

The forced removal of people from their homes to another region or country.