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15 Cards in this Set
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What are the three types of leaders?
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Democratic, Authoritarian and Laissez-faire.
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What is a government?
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A body or agency with the authority to direct and control the affairs of a country.
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How many constituencies is Trinidad and Tobago split up to and by whom?
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36 constituencies by the Elections and Boundaries commission.
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Explain the first-past-the-post system.
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The country is split into constituencies and the winners for each becomes apart of the house of Rep.
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What is the senate and the house of rep. also known as?
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Upper and Lower houses.
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Name the different types of budgets.
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Surplus, Deficit, Balanced and Austerity.
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What is national budget?
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Planning of the government as to sources of revenue and how this revenue will be spent.
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What is parliament?
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A body which makes laws governing the country.
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First-past-the-post has the senate and house of representatives. What is this called?
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Bi-cameral legislature
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What type of representation does Guyana conduct?
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Proportional representation.
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Explain proportional representation.
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The whole country is considered one constituency and the seats are assigened based on the percentage the party won of votes.
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What kind of legislature do these countries have?
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Uni-cameral legislature
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What is monarchy?
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rulership by one person in the public's interest.
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What is tyranny?
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rulership by one person in private interest.
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What is aristocracy?
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rulership by a group in public interest.
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