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Which type of citizen participation is present in South Korea?

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Anarchy

How is South Korea different than the democracies of India and Japan?

• It is the only one with a unicameral legislature.

• It is the only one that is a presidential democracy.

• It is the only one with a bicameral legislature.

• It is the only one that is a parliamentary democracy.

How is South Korea unique compared to MOST democracies?

• The citizens elect representatives to the government.

• The citizens enjoy personal freedoms.

• The head of state has more power than the head of government.

• It is tricky because the citizens elect the President directly making it a presidential democracy but one might think it is parliamentary because the President appoints a Prime Minister as the head of the government.

South Korea has a one house legislature called the National Assembly making it unicameral. What are some of the legislature's tasks?

• to decide whether laws are just

• to confirm the President's appointed choice for Prime Minister

• to make laws

• to enforce laws

Which statements are true about South Korea?

• The government would like North Korea and South Korea to be reunited.

• The government has had one female president but still strives to improve gender equality in the country.

• The country has been a democracy since the stalemate of the Korean War in 1953.

• The country is currently a parliamentary democracy with a Prime Minister.