Africa's Government & Economics

Type of government in which the power to govern is held by one person

• Autocracy
• Democracy
• Presidential Democracy
• Judaism

Type of government in which the people (citizens) have the highest level of citizen participation.

• Democracy
• Autocracy
• Dictatorship
• Pan Africanism

In this type of government, citizens have little to no citizen participation.

• Autocracy
• Democracy
• Presidential Democracy
• Judaism

In this type of Democracy, voters elect legislators through a popular vote.  Voters also elect the leader who is both chief of state and head of government.

• Presidential Democracy
• Parliamentary Democracy
• Autocracy
• Autocratic Democracy

In this type of Democracy, voters elect members to the Parliament (legislature), which is the lawmaking body of the government. Then, the legislature selects the Head of Government (Prime Minister)

• Parliamentary Democracy
• Presidential Democracy
• Autocracy
• Autocratic Democracy

In South Africa, citizens elect members to the National Assembly (house of Parliament), then parliament selects one of its members to be the president.  South Africa has what type of government?

• Parliamentary Democracy
• Presidential Democracy
• Dictatorship
• Communist

Citizens directly vote for the President in Kenya.  Therefore, Kenya has a _________________________.

• Presidential Democracy
• Parliamentary Democracy
• Autocracy
• Communist Government

Which BEST describes the two predominant forms of a democratic government?

• dictatorship and autocratic
• presidential and dictatorship
• presidential and prime minister
• parliamentary and presidential

How is the president of South Africa chosen?

• He is appointed by the king.
• He is elected by the National Assembly.
• He is chosen by the country's religious leaders.
• He is identified by the people in a national election.

Kenya & Nigeria: Presidential Democracy :: South Africa: _______________.

• Absolute Monarchy
• Federal Republic
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Parliamentary Democracy