Nigeria's bicameral legislature featuring the House of Senate and House of Representatives is similar to ?

Analyze the question: The question asks which country has a bicameral legislature (two chambers) like Nigeria's National Assembly, which is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The question words it as "House of Senate", but the correct name is simply the Senate.

Concept: A bicameral legislature has two houses. Nigeria's system is modelled on the presidential system of the United States.

Step-by-step solution:

1. UK (A): The UK has two chambers, the House of Commons and the House of Lords. However, the Lords is not elected (it is made up of appointed and hereditary members), and the UK uses a parliamentary system. Its structure differs from Nigeria's, even though both are bicameral.

2. New Zealand (B): It has a unicameral legislature (one house only), so it is wrong.

3. China (C): The National People's Congress is a single chamber, so it is also unicameral and wrong.

4. USA (D): Congress has two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Both are elected, and they carry the same names as Nigeria's two chambers. Nigeria also copies the US presidential system and the federal structure, with equal Senate representation for each state (3 senators per state in Nigeria, 2 in the USA).

Answer: The USA matches Nigeria's legislature in structure, in the names of the two houses, and in the system of government.

Tip: In exam questions on legislatures, remember:

• Unicameral (one house): New Zealand, China, Ghana
• Bicameral (two houses): USA, Nigeria, UK

When the question says "similar to Nigeria," think of the USA, because both have a presidential, federal system with a Senate and House of Representatives.