unit 3

In a parliamentary government, unlike the presidential system, the head of government belongs to which branch?

• Judicial

• Executive

• Legislative

• National

Why do the individual voters have more power in a democracy than they do in an autocracy or an oligarchy?

• Kings are always cruel rulers.
• The people play a role in deciding who rules.
• All of the power stays in the hands of the local governments.
• The voters in democratic countries always choose qualified leaders

Government run only by a few people. Sometimes a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes. The citizen has a very limited role. 

• Democracy
• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Republic

Government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections. 

• Democracy
• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Dictatorship

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

• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Parliamentary democracy
• Presidential democracy

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.

How are a democracy, oligarchy, and autocracy DIFFERENT?

• the sharing of power between the different levels of government

• the election of the three branches of government

• the role of the citizen

• the law making process

What kind of government has the MOST citizen participation? 

• Democratic
• Autocratic
• Oligarchic
• Dictatorship

In a parliamentary system, who is the head of government?

• Prime Minister

• President

• Monarch

• Dictator

Government in which one person possesses unlimited power and the citizen has little, if any, role in the government. 

• Oligarchy
• Autocracy
• Democracy
• Republic