Late Quiz Vocab Flashcards
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Reich
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German term for empire
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Prussia
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Most powerful German state before unification
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Weimar Republic
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First democratic republic, replaced by Hitler
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Third Reich
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Hitlers fascist totalitarian regime
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National Socialist Party
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Hitlers fascist party
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Adolf Hitler
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Nazi leader of their reich
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Basic law
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Germanys current constitution
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Federal Republic of Germany
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Democratic west Germany during the postwar division of Germany
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German Democratic Republic
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Communist East Germany during postwar division
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Christian democratic union
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Germanys largest conservative party
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Reunification
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1990 integration of east and west germany
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Federal Chancellor
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Germanys prime minister and head of government
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Federal president
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Indirectly elected and largely ceremonial head of state
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Bundestag
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Lower house of Germanys legistlature
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Bunderstrat
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Upper house of Germanys legislature
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Lander
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German states
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Federal Constitutional Court
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Powerful court that interprets basic law
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Minister-President
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Governor of a German state
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Catchall parties
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Attract voters of all classes and are centrist
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Angela Merkel
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Germanys conservative chancellor
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Social democratic party
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Small centrist party that often forms coalitions
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Free democratic party
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Small centrist party that often forms coalitions
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Green party
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Germanys environmental party
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The Left
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Farthest left german party
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Gastarbeite
Guest workers or foreign workers
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Social market economy
Countrys capitalist economy with social democratic features
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Codetermination
Unions must occupy half of the board of directors seats of large private firms
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Article 9
Peace clause of japans constitution. Renounce the right to wage war
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Self defense force
Japans military with only defensive capabilities
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Rich Country, Strong Military
Mercantilist slogan promoting modernization efforts
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Liberal democratic party
Conservative party, has had over 6 decades of governence since 1955
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Samurai
Japans feudal era warrior retaiiners
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Shogun
Dominant lord in feudal Japan
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Meiji restoration
Revolution from above. Modernization in the name of Meiji emporer
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Meiji oligarchs
Junior samurai who led Japans 19th century modernization
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Diet
Bicameral parliament electoral system
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Taisho democracy
Tentative democratization in Japan
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Iron triangle
Conservative alliances between elite bureaucrats, politicians, and big business executives
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Democratic party
Social-democratic party from 2009-2012
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Twisted diet
No party or coalition controls both chambers of parliament
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House of representatives
Lower champer of Japans legislature
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House of councillors
Upper chamber of Japans legislature
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Pork-barrel projects
Government appropriation and policy supplying funds for local improvements to ingratiate legistatures with constituents
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Koenkai
Local campaign organizations that supports a condidate, not a party
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Administrative guidance
Extralegal policy from government officials to private sector
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Amakudari
Descent from heaven. Retiring bureaucrats run for political office
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Abenomics
Prime Minister Abes three-pronged plan for economic recovery
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Yasukuni shrine
Controversal Shinto shrine honoring Japans war dead
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Komeito
Minor political party/LDP coalition partners from buddhist religion
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Keiretsu
Japand large business groupings
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Capitalist developmental state
Japans modern neomercantilist state. Focuses on private property and state economic intervention
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Industrial policy
Government measures to promote economic and industrial development
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Zombie firms
Japanese firms rendered bankrupt during recession but propped up by banks and politicians
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Senkaku islands
5 uninhabited islands on East China Sea. Land claims between Japan and China
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French revolution
Overthrow in 1789-1799 of french absolute monarchy and establishment of the first republic
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Yellow vests movement
Mass protests in opposition to tax reforms and reductions in subsidies for gas
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Absolute monarchy
Stage of European development between decentralized feudal monarchies. and constitutional governments
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National assembly
Lower house of french parliament
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Reign of terror
Seizure of power and class war launched by the radical Jacobins in revolutionary France
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Events of May
Parison riots where students and workers called for educational and social reforms
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Semi-presidential
Executive system that divides power between a president and prime minster
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Council of Ministers
Cabinet selected by the prime minster
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Motion of censure
Legislature against the government. New elections are required when proposed legislation submitted as matter of confidence are not passed
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Cohabitation
Presidents lack a majority of legislative power appoint a prime minister from an opposite party who will have a majority support in the legislature
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Parlement
Frances bicameral legislature
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Senat
Upper house of french legislature
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Blocked vote
Vote that forces the legislature to accept bills in their entirety and amendments must be approved by the government
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Code law
Law derived from detailed legal codes not precedent
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Constitutional council
Highest judicial authority on constitutional/electoral matters
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Prefect
Government appointed local office
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Rally for the Republic
Nationalist, socially conservative, Eurosceptic party on French right
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Union for a popular Movement
Center right french party, renamed that republicans
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French Communist Party
Dominant left french party since ww2
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4 party, 2 bloc system
Coalition building in the second round of the 2 round SMD system
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National front
Far right political party, renamed national rally in 2018
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Union for French Democracy
Alliance of 5 center-right parties in 1978 as a neoliberal force of the french right
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Republicans
Main french right party, previously named the Union for a Popular Movement
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General confederation of labor
Most powerful French union confederation
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French democratic labor confederation
CFDT. Smaller confederation back by the socialist party
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Laicite
Subordination of religious identity to state and national identity--state over church
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Populism
Political view that does not have a consistent ideological foundation but emphasizes hostility towards elites and established state and economic institutions and favors greater power in the hands of the people
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Dirigisme
Emphasis on state authority in economic development. Social democratic and mercantilist combination
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Authoritarian
A political system in which mall groups of individuals exercise power over the state without being constitutionally responsible to the public
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Nondemocratic regime
A political regime in which mall groups of individuals exercise power over the state without being constitutionally responsible to the public
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Totalitarianism
Nondemocratic regime that is highly centralized, possessing some form of strong ideology that seeks to transform and absorb fundamental aspects of state, society and the economy
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Resource curse
Theory of development in which the existence of natural resources in a given state is a barrier to modernization and democracy
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Populism
Political view that does not have a consistent ideological foundation but emphasizes hostility toward elites and established state and economic institutions and favors greater power in the hands of the public
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Corporatism
Co-optation where authoritarian systems create or sanction a limited number of organizations to represent the interest of the public and restrict those not set up or approved by the state
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Clientism
Process whereby the state coopts members of the public by providing specific benefits or favors to a single person or a small group in return for public support
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Rent seeking
Process in which political leaders essentially rent out parts of the state to their patrons who as a result control public goods that would otherwise be distributed in a nonpolitical manner
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Kleptocracy
Rule by theft. Those in power seek only to drain the state of assets and resources
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Patrimonialism
Arrangement whereby a ruler depends on a collection of supporters within the state who gain direct benefits in return for enforcing the rulers will
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Bureaucratic Authoritariansim
A system in which the state bureaucratic and the military share a belief that a technocratic leadership focused on rational objective and technical expertise can solve the problems of the country without public participation
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Illiberal regime
Democratic institutions that rest on the rule o flaw are weakly institutionalized and poorly respected
