GOVERNMENTS REVIEW

A(n) __________________________ is the type of government system that is controlled by one ruler.

• democracy

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• monopoly

A(n) ___________________ is a type of government in which the power is in the hands of the citizens.

• democracy

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• onomotapeia

In COUNTRY A, the President serves a six year term, and takes office upon winning a majority of the popular vote of the citizens.

Based on this sentence, you can classify that COUNTRY A's government system as being a

• presidential democracy

• parliamentary democracy

• autocratic dictatorship

• anarchy

The person who holds the most political power in a parliamentary democracy is the ____________________.

• president

• prime minister

• monarch

• grand champion

Select all of the following countries that could be best describes as being an autocracy?

THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE ANSWER TO SELECT

• Germany during World War II

• Soviet Union

• United States

• Cuba after the Cuban Revolution

In Canada, the head of government is the Prime Minister. He or she takes office as the leader of the majority party in Parliament, or as the head of the majority coalition.

Based on this sentence, you can classify the Canada's government system as being a

• presidential democracy

• parliamentary democracy

• autpcratic dictatorship

• absolute monarchy

Which BEST describes how a parliamentary democracy differs from a presidential democracy?

• The legislative branch in the presidential system is always unicameral.

• In a parliamentary democracy, the head of the government is a member of the legislative house with the most members

• In a presidential democracy, political power is shared between state and federal governments.

• In a parliamentary democracy there are usually two main political parties; in the presidential system there is only one.

Which form of government would have the MOST amount of citizen participation?

• democracy

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• anarchy

Which form of government would have the LEAST amount of citizen participation?

• autocracy

• democracy

• anarchy

• oligarchy