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16 Cards in this Set
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What are the three types of Government? |
Legislature, Executive and Judiciary. |
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Who is the head of state in New Zealand? |
Queen Elizabeth the second |
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What kind of Government does New Zealand have? |
Constitutional Monarchy |
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What people make up the three branches of Government? |
MP’s and select committee makeup Legislature Cabinet Ministers and Government Departments makeup Executive Judges and Judicial officers makeup Judiciary |
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What does MP stand for |
Member of Parliament |
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How many MP's are there |
121 |
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How often does New Zealand have General elections? |
Every 3 years |
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What three types of MP's are there? |
List, Candidate and dual or Electorate, List and Maori MP |
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How many electorate Mp's will there be in the next parliament (I made this in 2016 so it might change) |
62 |
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Which vote is more important? And why? |
The Party Vote, as party votes will divide up the 121 seats in parliament |
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What is Communism |
All economic activity is carried out by the state under one political party. |
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What is Absolute Monarchy |
A county with a hereditary King or Queen that has ALL the power and the citizens have none |
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What is Dictatorship |
The government has unlimited power, and has usually taken control of the country by force. |
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What is Democracy |
The people run the county usually through a Parliament elected by them. |
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What is Constitutional Monarchy |
A county with a hereditary King or queen as a ‘figurehead’ but the parliament has all the real power |
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What are 3 types of persecutions? |
Religious, Political, Racial |
