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| A/D: German title of head of GOVERNMENT if female | Bundeskanzlerin |
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| A/D: German title of head of STATE if male | Bundespräsident/Bundespraesident |
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| A: appointed upper (but weaker) house of parliament that represents interests of Bundesländer | Bundesrat |
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| A: current federal chancellor | Stocker/Christian Stocker |
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| A: current federal president | Alexander van der Bellen/van der Bellen |
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| A: max # of years between parliamentary elections | 5/five |
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| A: more powerful, elected house of parliament | Nationalrat |
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| A: voting age | 16 |
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| CH/FL: voting age | 18 |
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| CH: # of members of Bundesrat (executive body and collective head of state) | seven/7 |
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| CH: 7-member executive body that serves collectively as "head of state" | Bundesrat |
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| CH: changes federal president EVERY Jan 1. No use listing it here b/c will change just before contest. Look it up each Jan. Enter "a" to continue. | a |
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| CH: collective name of full parliament (including both houses) | Bundesversammlung |
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| CH: fixed # of members of Nationalrat | 200 |
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| CH: fixed # of members of Ständerat | 46 |
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| CH: house of parliament that represents the cantons | Staenderat/Ständerat |
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| CH: house of parliament that represents the people | Nationalrat |
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| CH: parliamentary elections held every ___ years | four/4 |
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| D: % of vote a party must get nationwide to get proportional representation in Bundestag ("___% hurdle") | 5%/5/five |
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| D: city where constitutional and highest appeals courts sit | Karlsruhe |
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| D: counterpart of US CIA | BND/Bundesnachrichtendienst |
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| D: counterpart of US FBI | BKA/Bundeskriminalamt |
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| D: court that decides on constitutionality of laws and government actions | Bundesverfassungsgericht |
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| D: current federal chancellor | Merz/Friedrich Merz |
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| D: current federal president | Steinmeier/Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
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| D: elected house of parliament | Bundestag |
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| D: fixed # of seats in Bundestag | 630 |
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| D: German name of armed forces | Bundeswehr |
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| D: German name of constitution | Grundgesetz |
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| D: German title of "governor" of a Bundesland if male (other than city-states) | Ministerpraesident/Ministerpräsident |
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| D: German title of mayor of a city if female | Buergermeisterin/Bürgermeisterin/Oberbuergermeisterin/Oberbürgermeisterin |
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| D: highest court of appeal for civil and criminal matters | Bundesgerichtshof |
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| D: house of parliament that represents interests of Bundesländer | Bundesrat |
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| D: max # of years between Bundestag elections | 4/four |
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| D: name of "state" parliament of Berlin | Abgeordnetenhaus |
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| D: name of "state" parliaments of Bremen and Hamburg | Buergerschaft/Bürgerschaft |
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| D: name of parliaments of Bundesländer (except in the city-states) | Landtag |
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| D: voting age for European Parliament and some state/local elections | 16 |
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| D: voting age for national elections | 18 |
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| FL: (shocking) decade in which women finally got the right to vote (ex. 1820s) | 1980s |
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| FL: current "hereditary prince" who will become the reigning prince when current prince dies | Alois |
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| FL: current (reigning) prince | Hans-Adam II./Hans-Adam II |
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| FL: current prime minister | Brigitte Haas/Haas |
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| FL: German title of monarch | Fürst/Fuerst |
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| FL: name of parliament | Landtag |
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| FL: parliamentary elections held every ___ years | 4/four |
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| last nation of Europe to grant women the vote | FL/Liechtenstein |
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