Governments of Latin America

Which form of government would have the MOST amount of citizen participation?

• democracy

• oligarchy

• autocracy

• anarchy

Which form of government would have the LEAST amount of citizen participation?

• democracy

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• beaucracy

How might the form of government affect the role of the citizen in Cuba?

• Cuba has a dictatorship, which limits the voting rights of the citizens.

• Cuba has a dictatorship, which allows for greater voting rights of the citizens.

• Cuba has a federal-republican system, which limits the voting rights of the citizens.

• Cuba has a federal-republican system, which allows for greater voting rights of the citizens.

In which system of government do the citizens elect members of the legislature and then legislature elects the executive leader of the government?

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• presidential democracy

• parliamentary democracy

-- Federal system

-- President is elected to a 6 year term

-- Senate and Chamber of Deputies is bicameral legislature

-- Presidential democracy

• Cuba

• Mexico

• Colombia

• Haiti

The Mexican government functions using a democratic system, while the Cuban government functions using which type of system?

• parliamentary

• fascist

• anarchist

• dictatorship

What is the title of the political leader with the most power in the countries of Brazil and Mexico?

• prime minister

• president

• king

• chairman

Which country allows citizens to vote but only allows one political party (Communist Pary) to run for office?

• Mexico

• Cuba

• Brazil

• Turkey

Which BEST describes how a parliamentary democracy differs from a presidential democracy?

• The legislative branch in the presidential system is always unicameral.

• In a parliamentary democracy, the head of the government is a member of the legislature.

• In a presidential democracy, political power is shared between state and federal governments.

• In a parliamentary democracy there are usually two main political parties; in the presidential system there is only one.

Which of the countries would citizen participation in government be the LEAST?

• Mexico

• Cuba

• Brazil

• United States