History-ish
Shares a border with these nine countries
What is Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, and Belgium?
_________ conflicts during the 16th and 17th centuries led to the decentralization of political power.
What are religious conflicts?
Chancellors appoint and oversee ______.
What is the cabinet?
The German lower house of parliament uses this electoral system
What is a mixed system (between PR and SMD)?
War, denazification led to the belief that _____ and _____ are dangerous
What are nationalism and patriotism?
collapsed in the face of rising Nazism in the 1930s.
What is the Weimar Republic?
temporary constitution for West Germany, amended in 1990 to become permanent.It also envisions representation through the parties.
What is Basic Law?
Germany's head of government is the _____ ____.
Who is the federal chancellor?
Parties must reach __ percent of the electoral vote in order to hold seats in the legislature.
What is 5%?
(T/F) A strong feature of German political culture is the support for collective well-being over individual rights
What is true?
West Germany’s formal name during the division after 1949
What is the Federal Republic of Germany?
What are the five principles of Germany's constitution?
the current head of government.
Who is Angela Merkel?
the 16 German states has a unicameral legislature which selects a ___________.
What is the minister-president?
Germany plans to abandon this type of power by 2022 due to safety concerns
What is nuclear power?
The reunification of East and West Germany which incorporated East Germany into the West German regime happened in this year
What is 1990?
Was a fascist totalitarian regime took place from 1933-1945 and included the Enabling Act
What is the Third Reich?
the lower house of the German parliament
What is the Bundestag?
Who is Frank-Walter Steinmeier?
Germany has a capitalist structure within a social-democratic mold. (T/F)
What is true?
It was a (forced) Communist ally of the USSR.
Who is East Germany?
The German policy of requiring union leaders comprise half of all seats on the corporate boards of private firms.
What is codetermination?
They are the first to deal with newly submitted legislation.
Who is the Bundesrat?
The CDU/CSU is more likely to promote this where as the SPD is not.
What is tax cuts?
_____ governments have exclusive power over education; administration of state justice, culture, law enforcement
What are local governments?