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Lower Saxony state questions
These 10 questions about Lower Saxony are part of the naturalization test in this state, in addition to the 300 federal questions.
1. Which coat of arms belongs to the federal state of Lower Saxony?
Correct answer: Image 3
Lower Saxony's coat of arms is a plain red shield with a white running horse, the old symbol of Saxony that gave the state its name.
2. Which is a district in Lower Saxony?
Correct answer: Ammerland
Ammerland is a district in Lower Saxony. Rhein-Sieg belongs to North Rhine-Westphalia, North Friesland to Schleswig-Holstein, and the Vogtland district to Saxony.
3. For how many years is the state parliament in Lower Saxony elected?
Correct answer: 5
Lower Saxony's Landtag serves a five-year term, matching the pattern followed by nearly all German states.
4. From what age are you allowed to vote in local elections in Lower Saxony?
Correct answer: 16
Lower Saxony allows voting in local elections from age 16, but state and federal elections still require 18.
5. What are the colors of the state flag of Lower Saxony?
Correct answer: black-red-gold
Lower Saxony flies the national colors black-red-gold with its white horse coat of arms added in the corner.
6. Where can you obtain information about political topics in Lower Saxony?
Correct answer: at the State Center for Political Education
Lower Saxony's Landeszentrale für politische Bildung offers neutral information on politics and civic life, a role churches, consumer centers and regulatory offices do not play.
7. The state capital of Lower Saxony is called …
Correct answer: Hanover.
Hanover (Hannover) is the capital of Lower Saxony and seat of its Landtag, not the more industrial Wolfsburg or the smaller Brunswick and Osnabrück.
8. Which federal state is Lower Saxony?
Correct answer: Number 1 in the image
Lower Saxony covers a large stretch of northwestern Germany along the North Sea, bordering the Netherlands and several other states.
9. What is the title of the head of government in Lower Saxony?
Correct answer: Minister President
Niedersachsen, like nearly every German Land, gives its head of government the title Ministerpräsident (Ministerpräsidentin).
10. Which minister does Lower Saxony not have?
Correct answer: Minister of Foreign Affairs
Foreign affairs stay with the federal government, so Lower Saxony has no foreign ministry, only ministries such as justice, finance and the interior.
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