Word/Phrase
Word/Phrase |Memory Aid |German | |
|the executive |definition: |Exekutive, ausführende Gewalt, |
|[pic] (fml) |the branch of government that has sole authority and |vollziehende Gewalt |
| |responsibility for the daily administration of the state. | |
|legislature |definition: |Legislative |
|[pic] |assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws | |
| |(also called a legislative assembly) | |
|(to) abolish sth. |word family: |etwas abschaffen |
| |(to) abolish sth. – abolition – abolished (adj) | |
|(to) adopt a policy |other collocations with policy: |eine politische Richtung einschlagen |
| |(to) develop / (to) implement / (to) pursue a policy | |
|democracy |definition: |Demokratie |
| |a political system where the government is chosen by the | |
| |people in a vote | |
|republic |example sentence: |Republik |
| |South Africa became a ~ in 1961. | |
|constitutional court |definition: |Verfassungsgericht |
| |a court which decides whether laws that are questioned are | |
| |constitutional or not | |
|head of government |example sentence: |Regierungsführer |
| |Britain had Tony Blair as its ~ of government for 10 years.| |
|head of state |definition: |Staatsoberhaupt |
| |the official leader of a country | |
|(to) hold a referendum |definition: |eine Volksabstimmung durchführen |
| |to give all the people in a country the opportunity to vote| |
| |on an important issue | |
|(to) hold elections |other collocations with election: |Wahlen abhalten |
| |(to) win/lose an / vote in an / stand for election | |
|minister |definition: |Minister/in |
| |a person in a high position in government | |
|(to) pass a law |other collocations with law: |ein Gesetz verabschieden |
| |(to) be against the / (to) become a / (to) break the / (to)| |
| |be within the law | |
|political party |example sentence: |politische Partei |
| |The two largest ~ parties in Britain are the Conservative | |
| |Party and the Labour Party. | |
|proportional representation |definition: |Verhältniswahlsystem |
| |a system which gives each party a number of seats in | |
| |parliament based on how many votes they receive in an | |
| |election | |
|(to) sign a petition |example sentence: |eine Petition unterzeichnen |
| |Thousands of people ~ed a petition against the sale of meat| |
| |from cloned animals in supermarkets. | |
|Word/Phrase |Memory Aid |German |
|(to) win a seat |example sentence: |einen Sitz gewinnen |
| |The party got very few votes in the election and therefore | |
| |didn’t ~ any seats in parliament. | |
|GERMANY |
|(to) be divided into two states |example sentence: |in zwei Staaten geteilt sein |
| |Germany was ~ into two states in 1961. | |
|(Federal) Chancellor |example sentence: |(Bundes-)Kanzler/in |
| |Angela Merkel was elected as the ~ of the grand coalition | |
| |in Germany in 2005. | |
|(Federal) President |word family: |(Bundes-)Präsident/in |
| |(to) preside at/over sth. – president – presidential | |
|federal state |definition: |Bundesland |
| |an administrative territory into which a country is divided| |
| |which controls its own affairs but is ruled by central | |
| |government | |
|First Minister |other collocations with Minister: |Ministerpräsident |
| |Finance / Foreign / Prime Minister | |
|reunification |word family: |Wiedervereinigung |
| |(to) reunify – reunification – reunified (adj) | |
|THE UK |
|(constitutional) monarchy |word family: |(konstitutionelle) Monarchie |
| |monarchy – monarch – monarchist – monarchical | |
|constituency |example sentence: |Wahlkreis |
| |His ~ is known for voting Labour. | |
|first-past-the-post |definition: |Mehrheitswahlrecht |
| |a system where only the party with the most votes is | |
| |elected to government | |
|House of Commons |definition: |Britisches Unterhaus |
| |the lower house of the British parliament, composed of | |
| |representatives voted for by the public, including the | |
| |Prime Minister | |
|House of Lords |definition: |Britisches Oberhaus |
| |the upper house of the British parliament, composed of the | |
| |leading clergy and nobles | |
|Member of Parliament (MP) |example sentence: |Parlamentsmitglied |
| |The ~s of ~ were outraged when the Prime Minister told them| |
| |their budget had been cut. | |
|monarch [pic] |synonym: |Monarch/in |
| |king – queen | |
|Prime Minister |definition: |Premierminister/in |
| |the head of the government and head of the executive branch| |
|Word/Phrase |Memory Aid |German |
|THE USA |
|Congress |definition: |Kongress |
| |the legislative branch of the US government comprising the | |
| |Senate and the House of Representatives | |
|House of Representatives |definition: |Repräsentantenhaus |
| |one of the two houses of the US legislature consisting of | |
| |representatives from each state, whose number is determined| |
| |according to the population of the state | |
|Senate |definition: |Senat |
| |one of the two houses of the US legislature consisting of | |
| |two senators from each state | |
|Democrat |definition: |Demokrat/in |
| |person belonging to the Democratic Party, a centre-left US | |
| |political party | |
|Republican |definition: |Republikaner/in |
| |person belonging to the Republican Party, a centre-right US| |
| |political party | |
|Amendment (to the Constitution) |word family: |Verfassungszusatz (zur amerikanischen|
| |(to) amend – amendment – amended (adj) |Verfassung) |
|caucus |definition: |Fraktionssitzung |
| |a meeting of the members of a political party held to | |
| |choose candidates or make decisions | |
|checks and balances |example sentence: |politische Kontrollmechanismen |
| |The system of ~ and balances ensures that no one branch of | |
| |government becomes too powerful. | |
|(to) found sth. |synonyms: |etwas gründen |
| |(to) establish / (to) start sth. | |
|governor |definition: |Gouverneur/in |
| |the chief executive officer in a US state | |
|primary (election) |example sentence: |Vorwahl |
| |It was clear from the ~ results that he was the most | |
| |popular candidate in the party. | |
|(to) run for president |example sentence: |als Präsident/in kandidieren |
| |Barack Obama was the first black person to successfully run| |
| |for ~ in the USA. | |
|Supreme Court |definition: |Oberster Gerichtshof |
| |the highest court in a country or state | |
|two-party system |definition: |Zweiparteiensystem |
| |a system of government where just two political parties | |
| |dominate all elections | |
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