The British are Coming!
What Makes a Government
Land of Octoberfest
Name that Party
Swedish Fish
100
England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
What countries make up the United Kingdom
100
This country elects the members of its parliament through a First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) electoral system, in which only one member may win from a single district
What is the United Kingdom
100
This 1933 act enabled the government to have unlimited power while also calling for the dissolution of all parties (except NSDAP) and parliament
What is the Enabling Act
100
This UK party advocated for full employment and welfare in addition to industrial citizenship. It's traditional electoral base consisted of: manual workers, middle and upper class voters, and Catholics, and ethnic and regional minorities
What is Old Labour
100
Is comprised of 349 members, elected via PR in 29 provincial districts
What is the Riksdag?
200
When the cabinet depends on the support of parliament to enact its desired legislation
What is parliament sovereignty?
200
An electoral system used in Germany in which half of the members of the Bundestag are composed from two voting lists; one in local districts on a FPTP method, the other for individual parties whose votes are distributed via proportional representation (PR)
What is mixed member PR
200
A variation on the motion of no confidence which allows a parliament to withdraw confidence from a head of government only if there is a positive majority for a prospective successor
What is a constructive vote of no confidence
200
This party used to be in a red-green coalition with the rural middle peasants but now prefers to run its government as a minority government with tacit support from the Left Party and the Greens
What is the Social Democratic party
200
Two procedures; 1. Simple majority in favor by two consecutive parliaments 2. Simply majority in one parliament and support via national referendum
What is the Swedish amendment process
300
This legislative house had its membership cut from 1200 to 800
What is the House of Lords
300
Parties in this country tend to compete against each other in blocs
What is Sweden
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: This individual is elected by a Federal Convention comprised of the Bundestag and delegates from each of the 16 Lander parliaments; he or she is supposed to be above party politics
What is the president
300
This party is actually comprised of two parties (one nationally recognized and the other specific to a region) but both hold similar religious views as the basis of their political platform
What is the Christian Democratic Party CDU/CSU
300
This body works together to carry out various public services, including the administration of justice, regional planning, employment policy, environmental protection, health, social welfare, education and housing - most of which are determined and mandated by the Riksdag and paid for by the central government
What are regional councils and administrative boards
400
Two revolutions in the 17th century led to this occurring
What is the enactment of a constitutional monarchy
400
39 seats reserved in the Riksdag that are distributed to make parliament as proportional to the national vote as possible
What are "adjustment seats"
400
Name at least one of the powers given to Lander governments
What is mass media, regional development, industrial policies, public services
400
This branch of the conservative party advocated for an unregulated free market, monetarism instead of Keynesianism, and held policies that encouraged individuals to be responsible for their success in the market
What is Thatcherism
400
Name one thing Gustav Adolf is known for
What is the centralization of power in Sweden, development of bureaucracy, establishment of the state church, territorial expansion
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Expression used to describe a situation in parliament when no single party (or bloc) has the absolute majority of seats
What is a hung parliament
500
Each individual state/province/Lander chooses representatives to join this body?
What is the Bundesrat?
500
This house typically has limited veto power, but it can veto any bills it disagrees with which aim to regulate the activities of Lander governments
What is the Bundesrat
500
This party coalition between the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Greens was the first centre-left absolute majority party in post-WWII Germany. It won on a platform of monetary and fiscal conservatism and employment friendly welfare
What is the Red-Green coalition
500
1523
What is the year that Sweden received independence from Denmark?
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