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IV- Have you understood?
Document 1: Canada and South Africa’s
Parliaments

Document 2: Governor general’s role in
Australia

The executive power
of the Commonwealth
is vested in the Queen
and is exercisable by
the Governor-General
as the Queen’s
representative, and
extends to the
execution and
maintenance of this
Constitution, and of
the laws of the
Commonwealth

Questions:
Document 3: Australia’s democratic system of parliament

1) What shows that the parliament is
the most important institution in a
democratic system of parliament?
(documents1,4)
2) What is Australia’s governor
general’s role? (document 5)

Document 4: Indian politics: A multi-Party system

3) Describe document 3 and explain
what symbols it embodies.

4) What are democracy’s
characteristics? (document 3)
Vocabulary:
Senate: Senate is one of the two houses of the
Australian Federal Parliament It shares the
power to make laws with the other House of
the Parliament, the house of representative.
Legislation: all laws of a country

V- Sources
Good/system politic: http://www.indianetzone.com/45/functions_indian_parl In Australia, the parliament is responsible for some functions:
Good/system politic: http://www.vifindia.org/transcriptions-paper/2012 /04/04/functioning-of-parliamentary-democracy-in-india
Good/system politic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_system