Political Systems of Latin America

Who chooses the leader in a parliamentary democracy?

• citizens
• monarchy
• law-making body
• chancellor

Citizenship participation: Type of government where one person has complete control. People have no say in government.

• democracy
• oligarchy
• autocracy
• unitary

Citizenship Participation:Type of government where leaders rule with consent of the citizens (people get to vote)

• autocracy

• democracy

• market

• unitary

Type of democracy where citizens elect the legislative body (law-making body) and the law-making body appoints the executive branch

• presidential democracy
• direct democracy
• parliamentary democracy
• autocratic democracy

Type of democracy where citizens vote directly for legislative body (law-making body) and executive branch

• presidential democracy
• parliamentary democracy
• absolute democracy
• autocratic democracy

The people of Mexico and Brazil vote in two separate elections. One is to elect the executive branch and the other is to elect the members of the legislative branch. This is an example of which type of government?

• parliamentary democracy

• constitutional democracy

• presidential democracy

• pure market

Which of the following countries does NOT have a democratic citizenship participation?

• Brazil

• Cuba

• Mexico

• Canada

What's the name of the legislative branch in a parliamentary democracy?

• congress

• executive

• federal

• parliament

Some dictators take over by military force.

• True

• False

In Mexico, citizens only vote for the president (executive branch).

• True

• False