Basics of D-A-CH-FL Political Systems

Vocabulary List

Prompt Translation
1. A/D: German title of head of GOVERNMENT if female
Bundeskanzlerin
2. A/D: German title of head of STATE if male
Bundespraesident/Bundespräsident
3. A: appointed upper (but weaker) house of parliament that represents interests of Bundesländer
Bundesrat
4. A: current federal chancellor
Christian Stocker/Stocker
5. A: current federal president
Alexander van der Bellen/van der Bellen
6. A: max # of years between parliamentary elections
5/five
7. A: more powerful, elected house of parliament
Nationalrat
8. A: voting age
16
9. CH/FL: voting age
18
10. CH: # of members of Bundesrat (executive body and collective head of state)
7/seven
11. CH: 7-member executive body that serves collectively as "head of state"
Bundesrat
12. 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
13. CH: collective name of full parliament (including both houses)
Bundesversammlung
14. CH: fixed # of members of Nationalrat
200
15. CH: fixed # of members of Ständerat
46
16. CH: house of parliament that represents the cantons
Staenderat/Ständerat
17. CH: house of parliament that represents the people
Nationalrat
18. CH: parliamentary elections held every ___ years
4/four
19. D: % of vote a party must get nationwide to get proportional representation in Bundestag ("___% hurdle")
5/5%/five
20. D: city where constitutional and highest appeals courts sit
Karlsruhe
21. D: counterpart of US CIA
BND/Bundesnachrichtendienst
22. D: counterpart of US FBI
BKA/Bundeskriminalamt
23. D: court that decides on constitutionality of laws and government actions
Bundesverfassungsgericht
24. D: current federal chancellor
Friedrich Merz/Merz
25. D: current federal president
Frank-Walter Steinmeier/Steinmeier
26. D: elected house of parliament
Bundestag
27. D: fixed # of seats in Bundestag
630
28. D: German name of armed forces
Bundeswehr
29. D: German name of constitution
Grundgesetz
30. D: German title of "governor" of a Bundesland if male (other than city-states)
Ministerpraesident/Ministerpräsident
31. D: German title of mayor of a city if female
Buergermeisterin/Bürgermeisterin/Oberbuergermeisterin/Oberbürgermeisterin
32. D: highest court of appeal for civil and criminal matters
Bundesgerichtshof
33. D: house of parliament that represents interests of Bundesländer
Bundesrat
34. D: max # of years between Bundestag elections
4/four
35. D: name of "state" parliament of Berlin
Abgeordnetenhaus
36. D: name of "state" parliaments of Bremen and Hamburg
Buergerschaft/Bürgerschaft
37. D: name of parliaments of Bundesländer (except in the city-states)
Landtag
38. D: voting age for European Parliament and some state/local elections
16
39. D: voting age for national elections
18
40. FL: (shocking) decade in which women finally got the right to vote (ex. 1820s)
1980s
41. FL: current "hereditary prince" who will become the reigning prince when current prince dies
Alois
42. FL: current (reigning) prince
Hans-Adam II/Hans-Adam II.
43. FL: current prime minister
Brigitte Haas/Haas
44. FL: German title of monarch
Fuerst/Fürst
45. FL: name of parliament
Landtag
46. FL: parliamentary elections held every ___ years
4/four
47. last nation of Europe to grant women the vote
FL/Liechtenstein

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