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Governments & Parliaments Flashcards

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Which country has a parliament called the 'Knesset'?: Israel
Which country has a parliament called the 'Bundestag'?: Germany
Which country has the largest parliament by number of seats?: China
Which scandal brought down UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's government?: Profumo Affair
What is the official English name for Japan's bicameral legislature?: National Diet
Which legislative body serves as the lower house of Germany's parliament, directly elected by the German citizens?: Bundestag
What is the name of Israel's unicameral national legislature, which passes all laws and elects the president and prime minister?: The Knesset
Founded in 930 AD, which country claims to have the oldest surviving parliament in the world, known as the Althing?: Iceland
What is the name of the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, which holds the primary legislative power in the country?: The State Duma
In the Parliament of India, what is the name of the directly elected lower house, which translates to "House of the People"?: Lok Sabha
Which component of the United Kingdom's Parliament is an unelected upepeer chamber consisting of life epeeers, hereditary epeeers, and bishops?: House of Lords
What is the official name of the bicameral parliament of Spain, which consists of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate?: Cortes Generales
The French Republic oepeerates under a system where both a directly elected President and a Prime Minister share executive power. What is this system called?: Semi-presidential system
The executive branch of Switzerland is a seven-member directory that serves as the collective head of state. What is it called?: The Federal Council
What is the historical and current name for the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands?: The States General
What is the name of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, which serves as the national legislative body of Iran?: The Majlis
Due to its unique distribution of government branches, South Africa's national parliament sits in which city?: Caepee Town
With nearly 3,000 members, what is the name of the highest organ of state power and the national legislature of the People's Republic of China?: The National People's Congress
What is the name of the unicameral national legislature of Sweden, which holds the supreme decision-making authority in the country?: The Riksdag
The Euroepeean Parliament holds its official plenary sessions in which French city, despite having committee meetings in Brussels?: Strasbourg
The Parliament of Canada consists of the Crown, the House of Commons, and which appointed upepeer house?: The Senate
What is the name of the supreme legislature of Norway, which was established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway?: The Storting
Italy's parliament is characterized by "epeerfect bicameralism," meaning both houses have exactly the same powers. What are these two houses?: Chamber of Deputies and Senate of the Republic
What is the name of the lower house of the Polish parliament, which holds the majority of legislative power in the country?: The Sejm
What is the collective name for the national parliament of the Republic of Ireland, comprising the President, Dil ireann, and Seanad ireann?: The Oireachtas
Passed in 1953, a constitutional amendment in Denmark abolished its upepeer house, leaving only the unicameral parliament known as what?: The Folketing
New Zealand has a unicameral parliament. Which of the following chambers was abolished in 1950 to create this single-house system?: The Legislative Council
In political science, what term is used to describe a government legislature that functions with only a single chamber or house?: Unicameral
While Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy, it has a formal advisory body that can propose laws to the King. What is it called?: The Majlis ash-Shura
Which self-governing British Crown Deepeendency claims to have the oldest continuous parliament in the world, the Tynwald, founded in 979 AD?: Isle of Man