Political Institutions Quiz 3 (20 MCQs)

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1. Allows majority members of a legislature to indicate representation of the interest of their constituencies(districts) and allows the opposition party to verbally challenge the majority party governance and policy making.*
2. Devolutionary forces may be divided into three basic types-Ethnic, Economic, and Religion
3. Your family was given special favors or materials goods by a politician in exchange for an electoral support is an example of:
4. This political system is one that concentrates all policymaking powers in one central geographic place, and the central government is responsible for most policy areas
5. In a semi-presidential system, the president is typically:
6. Explain the role of local government in making and enforcing laws within its jurisdiction.
7. Who appoints most of the positions in Iran's government?
8. Why did Jackson win the election of 1828?
9. The government remains in power for five years.
10. Descent leads an individual to trace kinship through female's line.
11. Term that describes Russia's semi-presidential system in which a directly elected president appoints theprime minister of the national legislature's lower chamber (Duma)
12. Which system has a head of government who is not directly accountable to the legislature?
13. What is the legitimate and ultimate authority of the state over an area of territory and the people within it?
14. Which system has a separation of powers and checks and balances?
15. The Government of Kazakhstan consists of ..... ministries
16. It is consist of distinct population of people bound together by a common culture, history, and tradition and is concentrated within a specific geographic region.
17. Which animal represents the Republican National Party?
18. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is responsible for financial matters.
19. It is a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch.
20. Authoritarian regimes often compel individuals by threatening harm to their lives and livelihoods. This is known as: