African Governments

A leader who sees himself as a king with all the power and makes all the decisions.

• a. President

• b. Prime Minister

• c. Autocracy

• d. Democracy

Democratic countries allows.......

• a. the president to make all the decisions

• b. citizens to have little to no freedoms

• c. citizens to vote for the legislature who make and enforce laws

• d. the president to appoint the legislature

Citizens vote for the legislature and the legislature chooses the president

• a. democracy

• b. presidential

• c. parliamentary

• d. autocracy

Citizens in Kenya participate.....

• a. by voting at the age of 15

• b. only the parliament can vote

• c. by voting males only at the age of 18

• d. by voting males and females at the age of 18

South African citizens

• a. only vote in local elections

• b. do not participate in the government

• c. vote directly for the president

• d. elect the parliament and the parliament chooses the president

In an autocracy, who makes most of the important government decisions?

• the courts

• the people

• an individual leader

• an elected legislature

Why do the individual voters have more power in a democracy than they do in an autocracy?

• Kings are always cruel leaders

• The people play a role in deciding who rules

• All of the power stays in the hands of the local governments

• Voters in democratic countries always choose qualified leaders

Which branch of government is responsible for making and carrying out the laws in a parlimentary system of government?

• courts

• monarch

• president

• legislature

Which BEST describes the two predominant forms of a democratic government?

• distatorship and republican

• presidential and dictatorship

• presidential and confederate

• parliamentary and presidential

Who chooses the country's leader in a parliamentary form of government?

• the monarch

• popular vote of the people

• decision by the national courts

• the party with the most representatives in the legislature