Latin America Governments

What type of democracy allows the legislature to select the head of government?

• Autocracy

• Presidential Democracy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Oligarchy

Who is the head of government in a presidential democracy?

• Prime Minister

• President

• Chancellor

• King

Who do citizens directly elect in a parliamentary democracy?

• Head of Government

• Head of State

• President

• Legislature

True or False: In a presidential democracy, citizens have the power to directly vote for the head of government.

• True

• False

True or False: The head of government and head of state is the Prime Minister in a presidential democracy.

• True

• False

How are parliamentary and presidential democracies different?

• There is more separation of executive and legislative power in presidential democracies than in parliamentary democracies.

• There is more separation of executive and legislative power in parliamentary democracies than in presidential democracies.

• In presidential democracies, citizens elect the leader of the government. In parliamentary democracies, citizens do not have the right to vote.

• In parliamentary democracy, citizens elect the leader of the government. In presidential democracies, citizens do not have the right to vote.

Which of the following BEST describes citizen participation in Brazil and Mexico?

• Citizens are forced to join the majority political party.

• Citizens do not have the right to vote in national elections.

• Citizens vote for the legislators who elect the head of government.

• Citizens vote for members of the legislative and executive branches.

In Country X, the citizens have the right to free speech. IN Country Y, the people do not have the right to free speech.

Which of the following correctly identifies Country X and Country Y?

• Country X is Brazil; Country Y is Mexico.

• Country X is Brazil; Country Y is Cuba.

• Country X is Mexico, Country Y is Brazil.

• Country X is Cuba; Country Y is Mexico.

Sofia lives in a Latin American country where the leaders of the government are elected by the people for a specific length of time. The leaders are expected to represent the interests and wishes of citizens.

What type of government would BEST describe the one where Sofia lives?

• presidential democracy

• communist dictatorship

• constitutional monarchy

• parliamentary democracy

True or False: Citizens in both Presidential and Parliamentary Democracies have the right to elect the Legislature?

• True

• False