SS7CG1 and SS7CG2 Comparing African Governments

Both parliamentary and presidential democratic governments have three separate branches of government: executive, legislative and judicial. In a presidential democracy the president is a the head of state and is an elected figure. Generally the president's power is balanced by the legislative and judicial branches of government. In a parliamentary democracy, the legislative branch selects the prime minister. The prime minister is the head of the executive branch. Some parliamentary systems also have a president who serves as a head of state and holds less political power.

• judicial branch
• executive branch
• legislative branch
• presidential branch

This is a type of government in which power is held by a single, self-appointed ruler

• Democratic
• Theocracy
• Autocratic/Autocracy/Dictatorship
• Monarchy

Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing an urgent medical crisis in the early 21st Century. Which of these is that crisis?

• the spread of AIDS
• the spread of cancer
• the spread of influenza
• the spread of the plague

All of the following statements are true concerning the Republic of Kenya EXCEPT

• Kenya has a federal government.
• Kenyans choose their president in a direct election. 
• The Kenyan government is a representative democracy
• The Kenyan head of state and head of government are the same.  

Extensive commercial logging, the use of wood for cooking and heating, and excessive clearing of land by subsistence farmers has led to  _______________ in most areas of Sub-Saharan Africa.

• erosion
• deforestation
• desertification
• water pollution

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir came to power in a military takeover in 1989. Based on this statement which term best describes the government of Sudan?

• Communist
• Theocracy
• Authoritarian
• Parliamentary monarchy

This is form of government in which a monarch is the head of state but his or her powers are restricted by law, usually within a parliamentary system.

• Constitutional Monarchy
• Presidential Democracy
• Republic
• Confederation

The United States and Sudan are similar because...?

• United States is an autocracy.
• There are black people in the United States
• The US has a similar Republican form of Government as Sudan
• US laws are based on Islamic traditions.

Which characteristic describes part of the demographics of an average country in Sub-Saharan Africa?

• high literacy rate
• high GDP per capitahigh GDP per capita
• high life expectancy
• high infant mortality rate

1. This African nation is a major world supplier of gold, diamonds, and platinum.
2. Agriculture only makes up 3.4% of this nation's GDP, and most of that farming is commercial.
3. This nation is a member of the World Trade Organization, and its major trade partners are the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

• Kenya
• Sudan
• Nigeria
• South Africa