6th grade Government

A system of government in which the president is elected by the citizens and is constitutionally independent of the legislature. 

• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Parliamentary democracy
• Presidential democracy

What type of government has ONE person with all the power?

• Democracy
• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Unitary

Do citizens have the right to vote in an autocracy?

• Yes
• No

What happened in 2008 in Cuba?

• Fidel resigned
• Raul took over
• Fidel got sick
• all of these

What type of government does Cuba have?

• communist
• democratic
• parliamentary
• federation

Relations between the United States and Cuba have changed recently.

• true
• false

What type of government exists in Brazil?

• communist
• monarchy
• presidential democracy
• parliamentary democracy

What type of government exists in Mexico?

• monarchy
• communist
• parliamentary democracy
• presidential democracy

One way that Mexico's government is different from the U.S. government is that in Mexico,

• the president is the chief executive.
• the legislature is called the Congress.
• citizens 18 years old and over may vote.
• presidents can only serve one 6-year term.

What type of government exists in Cuba?

• monarchy
• dictatorship
• presidential democracy
• parliamentary democracy