Latin American Government

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Which country has Autocracy? Options: Cuba, Mexico, Britain, Canada

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Cuba

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Which form of government would have the MOST amount of citizen participation? Options: democracy, oligarchy, autocracy, anarchy

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democracy

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Which form of government would have the LEAST amount of citizen participation? Options: democracy, autocracy, oligarchy, bureaucracy

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autocracy

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How might the form of government affect the role of the citizen in Cuba?

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Cuba has a dictatorship, which limits the voting rights of the citizens.

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In which system of government do the citizens elect members of the legislature and then legislature elects the executive leader of the government?

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parliamentary democracy

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What is the title of the political leader with the most power in the countries of Brazil and Mexico?

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president

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Which country allows citizens to vote but only allows one political party (Communist Party) to run for office?

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Cuba

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Which BEST describes how a parliamentary democracy differs from a presidential democracy? Options: The legislative branch in the presidential system is always unicameral. In a parliamentary democracy, the head of the government is a member of the legislature. In a presidential democracy, political power is shared between state and federal governments. In a parliamentary democracy there are usually two main political parties; in the presidential system there is only one.

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In a parliamentary democracy, the head of the government is a member of the legislature.

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What Latin American country is described by the following characteristics?
-- Federal system
-- Voting is REQUIRED by citizens aged 18-70
-- Presidential democracy
-- National Congress and Chamber deputies is bicameral legislature
-- President is elected to a single 4-year term

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Brazil

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Which country has a federal system, a president elected to a 6 year term, a bicameral legislature (Senate and Chamber of Deputies), and is a presidential democracy? Options: Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Haiti

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Mexico