Political and Economic Decision Making in the World

What SYSTEM of government provides power to the people?

• Democratic

• Autocratic

Key difference between parliamentary and presidential democracies is

• president helps make the laws, prime minister does not

• people vote for prime minister, but the legislature chooses president

• prime minister's power is separate from the legislature, but a president's power is not

• prime minister is chosen by parliament but the people vote for president

What TYPE of government do we have in the United States?

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Socialist

• Communist

Responsible for writing and passing laws

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive

This is a government in which the power is held by the people who elect representatives to run the government for the common welfare.

• Monarchy
• Dictator
• Representative Democracy
• Socialist

What type of government is being described? Fidel Castro held total authority over the government of Cuba and punished those who were against him.

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

When the central government is run by a small group of people. 

• Autocracy 
• Democracy 
• Oligarchy 
• Parliamentary 

What type of government has a king or queen that holds all the power?

• Absolute Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Direct Democracy

• Republic

Which of the following is a good example of a dictatorship?

• Great Britain
• Germany
• North Korea
• Canada

Government which controls every aspect of public and private life. 

• Republic
• Totalitarian
• Theocracy
• Democracy

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