Gov't of Latin America

Citizenship Participation:Type of government where leaders rule with consent of the citizens (people get to vote)

• autocracy
• democracy
• oligarchy
• unitary

Type of democracy where citizens elect the legislative body (law-making body) and the law-making body appoints the executive branch

• presidential democracy
• direct democracy
• parliamentary democracy
• autocratic democracy

Type of democracy where citizens vote directly for legislative body (law-making body) and executive branch

• presidential democracy
• parliamentary democracy
• absolute democracy
• autocratic democracy

Who chooses the leader in a parliamentary democracy?

• citizens
• monarchy
• law-making body
• chancellor

Citizenship participation: Type of government where one person has complete control. People have no say in government.

• democracy
• oligarchy
• autocracy
• unitary

Which country has a presidential democracy?

• Australia
• Canada
• Mexico
• Cuba

How are Cuba and Great Britain similar?

• They are both presidential democracies.
• They both allow citizens the right to vote.
• They both have autocratic governments.
• They both have unitary governments.

Citizens of which country are considered to have the least freedom?

• Cuba
• Brazil
• Mexico
• Canada

What is a democracy?

• Citizens have the right to vote for the leaders.
• No citizen right to vote.
• A small group of wealthy people make all of the decisions.
• There is one person in control.

Who makes most of the important governmental decisions in an autocracy?

• the ruler
• the people
• the court system
• the elected legislature