European Government Vocabulary Quiz

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  1. 4. pound/The currency of the United Kingdom
  2. 6. of Commons/The powerful, representative lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
  3. 8. less-powerful upper house of the German Parliament, which represents the interest of the state government
  4. 9. government in which one person possesses unlimited power
  5. 10. powerful lower house of the German Parliament, elects a chancellor
  6. 11. voluntary association of independent states
  7. 13. power is vested in the people and exercised directly or indirectly
  8. 14. minister/The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy
  9. 17. system/Type of democratic government where citizens elect MPs who choose a prime minister
  10. 22. form of government where power is held by one central authority
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  1. 1. currency of the European Union
  2. 2. system/Government that guarantees certain benefits to the unemployed, poor, disabled, old, and sick, such as done in Basic Law of Germany
  3. 3. Council/The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly
  4. 5. countries/Countries that depend on manufacturing more than farming; higher standard of living
  5. 7. of state running day-to-day operations of government is some democracies, like Germany
  6. 12. form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities
  7. 15. government by the few, usually with corrupt and selfish purposes
  8. 16. system/Type of democratic government where citizens elect members of legislature and also the chief executive, known as the president
  9. 18. Union/a group of 27 European countries united
  10. 19. world countries/Developing nations that do not have much industry and that depend on farming; lower standard of living
  11. 20. Duma/That part of Russia’s Federal Assembly that represents state government, approves presidential appointments
  12. 21. Law/The constitution of Germany