SS7CG1 Forms of Government

Check all the actions that are most likely to occur in an autocracy. (Choose 3.)

• A citizen is imprisoned for criticizing the government.

• Television news programs interview people on two different sides of a public issue.

• Citizens criticize the government without fear of imprisonment.

• A newspaper is shut down for publishing negative reports about the government.

• The military uses tear gas on a group of nonviolent protestors.

What is the main difference between a parliamentary democracy and a presidential democracy?

• the relationship between the executive branch and the judicial branch

• the relationship between the judicial branch and the legislative branch

• the relationship between the legislative branch and the executive branch

Choose the TWO questions that could be answered with the word autocracy.

• Which type of government is most likely to restrict freedom of religion?

• Which type of government is most likely to include multiple political parties?

• Which type of government is most likely to censor television, radio, and Internet?

• Which type of government is most likely to transition from one leader to another peacefully?

Power is strongest in the legislative branch of government through “fusion of powers” in a _______________ democracy.

• presidential

• parliamentary

Check the TWO characteristics that describe a democracy.

• All people have power.

• Citizen have few opportunities to participate in government.

• One person has power.

• Citizens have many opportunities to participate in government.

What kind of democracy does this diagram represent?

• presidential democracy

• parliamentary democracy

Power is balanced between each branch of government through “separation of powers” in a _______________ .

• presidential

• parliamentary

Which form of democracy provides the strongest protection against any branch of government becoming too powerful through a system of checks and balances?

• presidential democracy

• parliamentary democracy

In which type of government do citizens commonly elect leaders?

• democracy

• autocracy

• both

• neither

What kind of democracy does this diagram represent?

• presidential democracy

• parliamentary democracy