4.3 - African Governments

In Nigeria, the constitutional arrangement requires political power to be evenly distributed between the central government and the various regional authorities. The president of Nigeria is elected every four years in a nationwide poll. Based on this information, the government of Nigeria is MOST LIKELY…?

• Confederation
• Unitary
• Federal
• Oligarchy

In this type of government, the elected head of the executive branch acts independently of the legislative and judicial branches.

• Parliamentary Democracy
• Republic
• Presidential Democracy
• Theocracy

In Kenya most of the important national decisions are taken by the central government. Distributing power this way would mean Kenya has what form of government?

• Confederation
• Federal
• Democracy
• Unitary

What is the main DIFFERENCE between a presidential democracy and a parliamentary democracy?

• A President controls a country and a Prime Minister controls a state.
• A Prime Minister does not belong to a political party while a President always does.
• A Prime Minister has more power than a President.
• A President is elected directly by the citizens, while a Prime Minister is elected by the Legislature.

What was Apartheid?

• The uniting of tribes against colonial rule
• The area between the Sahara and the Savanna
• The separating of people by skin color in South Africa
• The challenge to European rule

In Nigeria, the citizens vote for the president, as well as for members of the legislature. Therefore, Nigeria has which type of government?

• Presidential Democracy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Communist

In Kenya, citizens vote for the president, as well as for members of the parliament. The President works separately from Kenya's Parliament. Therefore, Kenya has which type of government?

• Presidential Democracy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Pan African

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

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Presidential Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Communist

A two-house legislature is known as a ____________ legislature.

• Unicameral

• Bicameral

• Tricameral

• Congress

South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya all gained their independence from which country?

• Great Britain

• France

• Germany

• Spain