Unit 6 Review

How does the prime minister take office in a parliamentary democracy?

• the prime minister is a symbolic figure

• the prime minister takes it by force

• Citizens vote for electors who select the prime minister at a

• the prime minister is elected by the people

What is a similarity of citizen participation in Presidential and Parliamentary democracies?

• Citizens elect members of the legislature

• Citizens elect the leader

• Citizens have no rights

• Citizens elect the leader and the legislature

What is the main difference between Presidential and Parliamentary systems of government?

• Presidential - citizens elect the leader; Parliamentary - citizens elect no one

• Presidential - citizens elect the leader; Parliamentary - the leader is the monarch

• there are no diffferrences

• Presidential - citizens directly elect leader; Parliamentary - citizens elect members of legislature who then choose the head of government.

In this type of government the people have the power.

• autocratic

• oligarchic

• abosolute monarchy

• democratic

Only one person with unlimited power controls this type of government.

• autocratic

• oligarchic

• absolute monarchy

• democratic

What type of government does Cuba have?

• autocratic

• oligarchic

• absolute monarchy

• democratic

What is the type of government of Brazil?

• autocracy

• parliamentary democracy

• presidential democracy

• oligarchy

In which government do the people elect the leader?

• parliamentary

• presidential

• autocracy

• dictatorship

In what country do citizens have the right to vote but are limited to only one political party from which to choose?

• Brazil

• Mexico

• Colombia

• Cuba

In which government do the people elect the legislature and then the legislature selects the leader?

• parliamentary

• presidential

• autocracy

• dictatorship