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Why do individual voters have more power in a democracy than in an autocracy or an oligarchy?

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The people play a role in deciding who rules.

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Government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.

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Democracy

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What is the main DIFFERENCE between a presidential democracy and a parliamentary democracy?

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A President is elected directly by the citizens, while a Prime Minister is elected by the Legislature.

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What kind of government has the MOST citizen participation? Options: Democratic, Autocratic, Oligarchic, Dictatorship

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Democratic

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In a parliamentary system, who is the head of government?

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Prime Minister

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Which BEST describes the two predominant forms of a democratic government? Options: dictatorship and republican, presidential and dictatorship, presidential and confederate, parliamentary and presidential

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parliamentary and presidential

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Which country has a history of violating the personal freedoms and voting rights of its citizens? Options: India, China, Japan, South Korea

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China

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In a parliamentary government, unlike the presidential system, the head of government belongs to which branch?

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Legislative

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Which nation would MOST LIKELY be associated with restrictions on personal liberties like freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press?

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North Korea

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In which nation would you be MOST LIKELY to find censorship of information, news, or any speech that is critical of the government? Options: India, Japan, China, South Korea

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China