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Rhineland-Palatinate state questions
These 10 questions about Rhineland-Palatinate 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 Rhineland-Palatinate?
Correct answer: Image 1
Rhineland-Palatinate's shield carries a red cross for Trier, a silver wheel for Mainz, and a golden lion for the Palatinate, the three regions that formed the state in 1946.
2. Which is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate?
Correct answer: Westerwaldkreis
Westerwaldkreis lies in Rhineland-Palatinate. Altötting is in Bavaria, Emsland in Lower Saxony, and Prignitz in Brandenburg.
3. For how many years is the state parliament in Rhineland-Palatinate elected?
Correct answer: 5
The Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate is elected for five years, the usual term for German state parliaments.
4. From what age can you vote in municipal elections in Rhineland-Palatinate?
Correct answer: 18
Rhineland-Palatinate still sets the municipal voting age at 18. A proposal to lower it to 16 has been debated in the Landtag but never passed, so the old rule stands.
5. What are the colors of the state flag of Rhineland-Palatinate?
Correct answer: black-red-gold
Rhineland-Palatinate's flag is the national black-red-gold tricolor with the state coat of arms added.
6. Where can you obtain information about political topics in Rhineland-Palatinate?
Correct answer: at the State Center for Civic Education
Rhineland-Palatinate's Landeszentrale für politische Bildung (State Center for Civic Education) handles neutral political information, a task churches, consumer centers and regulatory offices do not cover.
7. The state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate is called …
Correct answer: Mainz.
Mainz on the Rhine is the capital of Rhineland-Palatinate and the seat of its Landtag, not the larger industrial cities Ludwigshafen or Kaiserslautern.
8. Which federal state is Rhineland-Palatinate?
Correct answer: Number 1 in the image
Rhineland-Palatinate lies in western Germany between the Rhine and Moselle valleys, bordering Luxembourg, Belgium and Saarland.
9. What is the title of the head of government in Rhineland-Palatinate?
Correct answer: Minister President
Rhineland-Palatinate, a non-city state, calls its head of government Ministerpräsident (Ministerpräsidentin), the standard title across German Länder.
10. Which minister does Rhineland-Palatinate not have?
Correct answer: Minister of Foreign Affairs
Rhineland-Palatinate has ministries for the interior, justice and finance, but no foreign ministry, since foreign policy is handled entirely by the federal government.
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