South and East Asia Political Systems, Part 2

Which Asian country could be described as an autocracy?

• Japan

• North Korea

• South Korea

• China

Citizens of which country are considered to have the least freedom?

• South Korea

• Japan

• North Korea

• India

Which country is the world’s largest democracy?

• China

• India

• South Korea

• Japan

What responsibility is required by law for Indian citizens over the age of 18?

• marriage

• voting

• military service

• attending college

If India and Japan are both parliamentary democracies, how do they determine their leaders?

• The citizens vote on the legislature, then members of the legislature select the leader.

• The citizens do not get to choose the leaders.

• The leaders are passed down through generations.

• The citizens directly vote on the leaders in both countries.

Which branch of government is responsible for making and carrying out the laws in a parliamentary system of government?

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive

• Monarchy

Which Asian country could be described as being run by a small group of powerful people (an oligarchy) and NOT by one ruler or the citizens?

• Japan

• India

• China

• Vietnam

What role do the people play in the government of Japan?

• They have the power to vote the emperor out of office.

• The people get to approve the laws made by the emperor.

• They have little influence since the emperor makes most decisions.

• The people have ultimate power through elections.

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

• The voters get to choose the people who make the laws.

• Kings are always poor rulers.

• All of the power stays in the hands of local governments.

• The voters in democratic countries always choose qualified leaders.

The leader of a parliamentary system is often called the

• constitutional monarch.

• president.

• king.

• prime minister.