Government

Which best describes an autocracy?

• Citizens vote for the legislature and a president.
• Citizens vote for members of parliament, where a prime minister is chosen.
• Citizens have not voting rights.
• Citizens vote directly for each law.

To make an official choice for or against someone or something by casting a ballot, raising your hand, speaking your choice aloud, etc.

• running for office
• appointing
• voting
• citizen participation

How does the prime minister get into office in a parliamentary government?

• He is directly elected by the citizens.
• He is chosen from the MPs (Members of Parliament).
• He is born into the title.
• He takes over a country with military force.

Which form of government would have the most amount of citizen participation?

• a confederation
• an oligarchy
• an autocracy
• a democracy

In a presidential democracy, the cheif executive is called the president. What is the cheif executive of a parliamentary democracy called?

• President
• Dictator
• Monarch
• Prime Minister

How can a ruler of an autocracy come to power?

• by being voted into office
• by being selected by the legislature
• through their bloodline
• by being appointed by a representative

Which BEST describes how a parliamentary democracy differs from a presidential democracy?

• In a presidential democracy, political power is shared between state and federal governments.
• The legislative branch in the presidential system is always unicameral.
• In a parliamentary democracy there are usually two main political parites; in the presidential system there is only one.
• In a parliamentary democracy, the head of the government is a member of the legislature.

Which BEST describes a representative democracy?

• A dictatorship.
• Citizens have no voting rights.
• Citizens elect representatives to make government decisions.
• Citizens vote for laws directly.

What are examples of citizen participation.

• Eating a healthy breakfast.
• Voting and paying taxes.
• Watching the news.
• Going to college.

Which statement BEST describes the Prime Minister.

• The head of state of a parliamentary democracy.
• The head of the legislature in a presidential democracy.
• The chief executive of a parliamentary democracy.
• The dictator in an autocratic government.