Latin America Government Vocab

A body of representatives that makes laws for a nation. A legislative body. What is this?

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Parliament

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them. Also known as the RULE OF ALL. What is this?

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Parliament

A form of government in which a single individual rules. Three forms: absolute monarchy, constitutional monarchy, dictatorship. Also know as the RULE OF ONE. What is this?

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Parliament

A government controlled by one person or a small group of people. (Hitler's Nazi Germany, Soviet Union under Stalin's region) What is this?

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Parliament

Which two Latin American countries have a presidential democracy? (That we have learned!)

• Mexico

• Cuba

• Brazil

Which two Latin America countries enforce and require cumplsutory voting?

• Mexico

• Brazil

• Cuba

What is the age when you are required to vote in BOTH Brazil & Mexico?

• 16

• 18

• 21

• 70

• 18 - 70

Who chooses the Chief Executive in a parliamentary democracy?

• The citizens.

• The parliament.

• Both citizens and Parliament.

A form of democracy in which the citizens directly elect a president. What am I?

• Presidential Democracy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Autocratic

• Democratic

Form of government in which people vote for the legislative body, which in turn selects the Chief Executive. What am I?

• Presidential Democracy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Autocratic

• Democratic