Activity 2:
1. Name 2 political features of Dutch culture:
Constitutional Monarchy
Since 1815 The Netherlands has been a constitutional monarchy. Historically for centuries before, it had been the proud republic, a union of provinces. Since 1848, the Netherlands is also a parliamentary democracy. Dutch monarch has no real political power, but serves as representative head of state and a symbolic person uniting the divided parliamentary politics. The parliament
The parliament consists of two chambers. The Lower House (Dutch: Tweede Kamer, or Second Chamber) is elected every four years in a direct national elections together with the provincial parliaments. It consists of 150 members. Only the political parties can take part in the elections. …show more content…
Dutch is also spoken and official in Aruba, Brussels, Curaçao, Flanders, Sint Maarten and Suriname. It is a West Germanic, Low Franconian language that originated in the Early Middle Ages (c. 470) and was standardized in the 16th century. West Frisian is also a recognized language and it is used by the government in the province of Friesland. Several dialects of Low Saxon (Nedersaksisch in Dutch) are spoken in much of the north and east and are recognized by the Netherlands as regional languages according to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Another Dutch dialect granted the status of regional language is Limburgish, which is spoken in the south-eastern province of Limburg. However, both Dutch Low Saxon and Limburgish spread across the Dutch-German border and belong to a common Dutch-Low German dialect continuum. There is a tradition of learning foreign languages in the Netherlands: about 89% of the total population have good knowledge of English, 70% of German, 29% of French and 5% of …show more content…
Political similarity: constutional monarchy
The Netherlands is a constitutional monarchy. Willem-Alexander (the King of the Netherlands) is the head of the Dutch state and forms the government together with the ministers.
Spain is also a constitutional monarchy.
The parliament has two chambers, the upper the Senate ( senado) and the lower of which is the Congress of Deputies. The Congress consists of 350 members which represent the 50 provinces of Spain.
Economic similarity: the currency
Until 2002, the Dutch currency was the Dutch guilder. Then, it was replaced by the Euro. The Euro is divided in 100 cents. There are coints of: 1 cent, 2 cents, 5 cents, 10 cents, 20 cents, 50 cents, 1 euro and 2 euros. There are also banknotes, starting at a value of 5 euro. Furthermore, the bill of 10 euros, 20 euros, 50 euros, 100 euros, 200 euros and 500 euros exist as well.
In 2002, the peseta was replaced by the euro. The exchange rate is 1 euro = 166.386 pesatas. Now, the Spanish currency is the Euro, just like the Netherlands and many of the other members of the European Union.
Cultural similarity: the national
1. Name 2 political features of Dutch culture:
Constitutional Monarchy
Since 1815 The Netherlands has been a constitutional monarchy. Historically for centuries before, it had been the proud republic, a union of provinces. Since 1848, the Netherlands is also a parliamentary democracy. Dutch monarch has no real political power, but serves as representative head of state and a symbolic person uniting the divided parliamentary politics. The parliament
The parliament consists of two chambers. The Lower House (Dutch: Tweede Kamer, or Second Chamber) is elected every four years in a direct national elections together with the provincial parliaments. It consists of 150 members. Only the political parties can take part in the elections. …show more content…
Dutch is also spoken and official in Aruba, Brussels, Curaçao, Flanders, Sint Maarten and Suriname. It is a West Germanic, Low Franconian language that originated in the Early Middle Ages (c. 470) and was standardized in the 16th century. West Frisian is also a recognized language and it is used by the government in the province of Friesland. Several dialects of Low Saxon (Nedersaksisch in Dutch) are spoken in much of the north and east and are recognized by the Netherlands as regional languages according to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Another Dutch dialect granted the status of regional language is Limburgish, which is spoken in the south-eastern province of Limburg. However, both Dutch Low Saxon and Limburgish spread across the Dutch-German border and belong to a common Dutch-Low German dialect continuum. There is a tradition of learning foreign languages in the Netherlands: about 89% of the total population have good knowledge of English, 70% of German, 29% of French and 5% of …show more content…
Political similarity: constutional monarchy
The Netherlands is a constitutional monarchy. Willem-Alexander (the King of the Netherlands) is the head of the Dutch state and forms the government together with the ministers.
Spain is also a constitutional monarchy.
The parliament has two chambers, the upper the Senate ( senado) and the lower of which is the Congress of Deputies. The Congress consists of 350 members which represent the 50 provinces of Spain.
Economic similarity: the currency
Until 2002, the Dutch currency was the Dutch guilder. Then, it was replaced by the Euro. The Euro is divided in 100 cents. There are coints of: 1 cent, 2 cents, 5 cents, 10 cents, 20 cents, 50 cents, 1 euro and 2 euros. There are also banknotes, starting at a value of 5 euro. Furthermore, the bill of 10 euros, 20 euros, 50 euros, 100 euros, 200 euros and 500 euros exist as well.
In 2002, the peseta was replaced by the euro. The exchange rate is 1 euro = 166.386 pesatas. Now, the Spanish currency is the Euro, just like the Netherlands and many of the other members of the European Union.
Cultural similarity: the national