Angela Merkel's election victory was historic because she
a. had the largest margin of victory in modern German history.
b. was the first child of immigrant parents to be elected chancellor.
c. was the first former Nazi to be elected to national office.
d. she was the first woman elected chancellor.
e. won the first election held after reunification.
Q. 2Evidence of the German chancellor's power includes
a. easily invoked emergency powers.
b. an article in the Basic Law that allows the chancellor to decree legislation pending approval by the Bundestag.
c. widespread authority for bureaucratic policy making.
d. authority to dissolve the Bundestag and Bundesrat.
e. a staff significantly larger than those of other European prime ministers.
Q. 3The constructive vote of no confidence in Germany's Basic Law means that the legislature
a. cannot vote down a government policy proposal without approving an alternative.
b. cannot vote a government out of office unless it votes in a new government to replace it.
c. cannot vote down policy goals proposed by the government; it can only vote down specific methods ofreaching those goals.
d. can delay legislation until the government considers alternatives proposed by the legislature.
e. can amend previously passed legislation to improve the way policy goals are achieved.
Q. 4Agricultural and business interests have close ties to which political party in Germany?
a. Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
b. Social Democratic Party (SPD)
c. Free Democratic Party (FDP)
d. Greens
e. Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)
Q. 5The overwhelming majority of German workers belong to the __________, which represents seventeen unions.
a. Trades Union Council
b. Federation of German Labor
c. Association of German Laborers
d. Federal Association of German Employers
e. Federation of German Industry
Q. 6The perennially small Free Democratic Party (FDP) has survived as an important political force in large part because
a. of funding from the largest German corporations.
b. women have disproportionally supported it.
c. they are usually necessary to form a majority coalition.
d. of its concentrated geographic base of support.
e. it has been supported by the World War II occupying powers.
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