People's National Assembly

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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1. What is the membership?
2. What is the electoral framework?
3. What is the People's National Assembly in Algeria?
4. How many people are elected to the People's National Assembly and how are they chosen?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the membership?Composed of 407 directly elected members
2. What is the electoral framework?Elections held every five years using proportional representation in multi-member districts
3. What is the People's National Assembly in Algeria?It is the lower house of the Algerian Parliament where 407 members make laws and discuss the country's future.
4. How many people are elected to the People's National Assembly and how are they chosen?407 members are elected every five years by people in Algeria and abroad using proportional representation.

Bicameral Legislature: A governmental body having two chambers or houses, such as a parliament with a lower and upper house.
Popular Sovereignty: The principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people.
Wilaya: The primary administrative division of Algeria, equivalent to a province or state.
Executive Branch Scrutiny: The legislative body's power to examine and question the actions and policies of the government's executive officials.