Social Science (087) — AI-generated practice question

A coalition government is formed when two or more political parties come together to jointly run the government, usually because no single party wins a clear majority on its own.

For example, in Germany's 2005 elections, neither the Christian Democratic Union nor the Social Democratic Party won a majority, so they formed a coalition and shared governmental power despite being historical rivals.

Source: Forms of power-sharing, Chapter 1

• Examiners expect: (1) a clear definition of coalition government, and (2) how it represents power-sharing among parties — so give both in roughly 2 sentences.
• The Germany example is directly from the textbook and is the safest illustration to use.
• Key phrase to include: "no single party wins a clear majority" — this is the standard trigger for coalition formation.
• Avoid over-explaining; 2 marks = definition + example/link to power-sharing.