DLT 2: Comparing SA, Kenya & Nigeria Governments

How is the president of South Africa chosen?

• He is appointed by the king.

• He is selcted by the National Assembly.

• He is chosen by the country's religious leaders.

• He is identified by the people in a national election.

Kenya & Nigeria: Presidential Democracy :: South Africa: _______________.

• Absolute Monarchy
• Federal Republic
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Parliamentary Democracy

Citizens of most democracies

• vote directly for their leader
• vote for representatives to make laws
• vote for a small group of leaders
• have little to no participation

Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa all have 

• democracy
• president
• republic
• all of the above

How are Nigeria and Kenya similar?

• both autocracies
• both parliamentary democracies
• both presidential democracies
• citizens can only vote for legislature

Which country's leader would have an easier time passing laws?

• Kenya
• South Africa 
• Nigeria
• All of the above

Which statement is TRUE for Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria?

• Vote for legislature
• Presidential democracies
• Vote for executive
• All of the above

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

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.

South Africa has a president that is elected by the National Assembly, its legislature. Citizens 18 and older can vote, and it has a two-house legislature. The executive and legislative branches are combined into one. What type of democracy is this?

• federal

• direct

• parliamentary

• presidential