Congress
What is a legislature with two chambers called?
Bicameral
What is the president’s power to reject a bill called?
Veto
Who is the UK’s head of state?
The King - King Charles
What is the name of Taiwan’s legislature?
The Legislative Yuan
What is the difference between a head of state and a head of government?
The head of state is the symbol of the nation. The head of government runs the government day to day.
How many senators does each U.S. state have?
Two
What is the elected house of the UK Parliament called?
The House of Commons
Who is the head of government in Taiwan?
The premier
In which country is one person both head of state and head of government: the U.S., the UK, or Taiwan?
The United States
How many votes does it take to end a filibuster in the Senate?
60
Which chamber impeaches the president, and which chamber holds the trial?
The House impeaches. The Senate holds the trial, and removal takes a two-thirds vote.
The UK’s system is named after the palace where Parliament meets. What is it called?
The Westminster system
In what year did martial law end in Taiwan?
1987
What is the difference between a coup and a self-coup?
In a coup, a group (usually the military) seizes power from the leader. In a self-coup, a leader who came to power legally shuts down the other branches.
What does it take for Congress to override a president’s veto?
A two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate.
How can a candidate lose the national popular vote and still become president?
Because of the Electoral College. Votes are counted state by state, and in 48 states the winner takes all of that state’s electors (example: 2016).
What is a vote that forces the prime minister to resign or call an election called?
A vote of no confidence
What type of system does Taiwan have, with both an elected president and a premier?
Semi-presidential
Name the type of system in the U.S., the UK, and Taiwan.
Presidential, parliamentary, and semi-presidential
Gerrymandering has two types. Name them and explain one.
Packing (crowding the other side into a few districts) and cracking (splitting the other side across many districts)
What is a pocket veto?
The president does nothing with a bill, and Congress adjourns before the 10 days are up, so the bill dies without being signed.
What does fusion of powers mean?
The prime minister and cabinet sit in Parliament, so the executive and the legislature are joined.
Name two reasons Taiwan became a democracy.
Any two:
In which of our three countries (US/UK/Taiwan) can the courts NOT strike down a law passed by the legislature?What can they do instead?
The United Kingdom. UK courts can declare that a law conflicts with human rights, but the law stays in force.