Unit 8: Latin American Government & Economics

Type of democracy where citizens elect the legislative body (law-making body) and the law-making body appoints the executive branch

• presidential democracy

• direct democracy

• parliamentary democracy

• autocratic democracy

Type of democracy where citizens vote directly for legislative body (law-making body) and executive branch

• presidential democracy

• parliamentary democracy

• absolute democracy

• autocratic democracy

What kind of citizen participation is present in Brazil and Mexico?

• Democracy
• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Unitary

What determines the difference between a presidential democracy and a parliamentary democracy?

• Citizens vote for the president and the legislative branch in a Presidential Democracy; Citizens vote for the legislative branch, and the legislative branch selects the Prime Minister in a Parliamentary Democracy

• The leader of a Presidential Democracy is called as President while the leader of a Parliamentary Democracy is called a Prime minister

• There is no difference between the two forms of democracy

What type of government is most closely associated with command economies?

• communism

• democracy

• republic

• monarchy

A _____________ is a system of government in which the leader is directly elected by the people.

• communism

• presidential democracy

• parliamentary democracy

Which country has a dictator?

• Brazil

• Cuba

• Mexico

Brazil & Mexico are both

• Presidential Democracies

• Autocratic Dictatorship

The title for the executive branch in each country is a

• king

• queen

• prime minister

• president

In which country are citizens between the ages of 18 & 70 required to vote?

• Brazil

• Cuba

• Mexico