54c Japan's Gov DOK 1

Japanese citizens have what type of citizen participation?

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• democracy

• anarchy

Japanese citizens indirectly elect the Prime Minister.

Which term describes this process?

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Presidential Democracy

• Parliamentary Democracy

Japan has a bicameral legislature.

What does bicameral mean?

• one house legislature

• two house legislature

• little to no participation for citizens

• greatest citizen participation

Which of the statements below are true?

• Japan's head of government is a Prime Minister and the head of state is an emperor.

• Japan's head of government is a Prime Minister and the head of state is a President.

• Japan is an economic powerhouse but has been has seen an economic decline since the 1990s.

• Japan has an emperor and is an autocracy.

What kind of government does Japan have today?

• Single Party Communism
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Feudalism
• Dictatorship

MacArthur set up a government where citizens choose representatives for the Diet (legislature), who then choose Prime Minister. What is this type of government?

• presidential democracy

• parliamentary democracy

• autocracy

• theocracy