SS6CG3 Quiz

Who chooses the head of the government in a parliamentary democracy

• the citizens

• the king

• the president

• the legislature

Who chooses the head of the government in a presidential democracy

• the citizens

• the king

• the president

• the legislature

What type of government provides power to the people?

• autocratic

• democratic

• oligarchic

What type of government allows only a single person to have unlimited power?

• autocratic

• democratic

• oligarchic

Which term correctly describes the government of the United Kingdom?

• autocratic

• democratic

• oligarchic

• dictatorship

Which government position in Russia is directly elected by the people of Russia?

• the prime minister

• the president

• member of the federation council

• member of the Duma

What type of government has its Members of Parliament choose the leader?

• Presidential

• Parliamentary

A key difference between a parliamentary democracy and a presidential democracy is that

• the president helps make the laws, the prime minister does not.

• the people vote for the prime minister, but the legislature chooses the president

• the prime minister is a member of the legislature, but the president is not.

• a prime minister's power is separate from the legislature, but a president's power is not.

The United Kingdom is a parliamentary democracy but could also be described as

• a presidential democracy

• an absolute monarchy

• a constitutional monarchy

• an autocracy

The head of government in Germany is called

• the president

• the King

• the Chancellor

• the Sultan