Latin American Governments

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

What kind of citizen participation is present in Brazil and Mexico?

• Democracy
• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Unitary

What determines the difference between a presidential democracy and a parliamentary democracy?

• The Head of Government comes from the executive branch in a Presidential Democracy; from the Legislative Branch in a Parliamentary Democracy

• The leader of a Presidential Democracy is called as President while the leader of a Parliamentary Democracy is called a Prime minister

• There is no difference between the two forms of democracy

What term is described by the following: "a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force"?

• President
• Dictator
• Prime Minister
• Shogun

SS6CG1a­ Which type of government divides power

between the central government and smaller units such as states?

• A. Confederate

• B. Unitary

• C. Federal

• D. Anti­-Federal

What type of government is most closely associated with command economies?

• communism

• democracy

• republic

• monarchy

A _____________ is a system of government in which the leader is directly elected by the people.

• communism

• presidential democracy

• parliamentary democracy