Unit 3 Governments of Europe

Type of democracy that has a monarch as a ceremonial head of state?

• Presidential

• Parliamentary

Government where political authority rest with a single leader.

• Democratic

• Autocratic

• Bicameral

• Bundestag

The type of democracy that involves a prime minister as head of government?

• Presidential

• Parliamentary

Which of the following countries has the LEAST amount of democracy compared to the other two?

• U.K.

• Russia

• Germany

In this type of government, the power is in the hands of the citizens, who vote in free elections.

• Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Autocracy

In this type of Democracy, citizens elect members of the legislature, who then select the country's leader. 

• Presidential Democracy
• Parliamentary Democracy
• Autocracy

In this type of Democracy, citizens directly elect the country's leader.

• Presidential Democracy
• Parliamentary Democracy
• Autocracy

What type of government allows the leader to work independently from the legislature?

• Parliamentary

• Presidential

• Democratic

• Autocratic

Since the early twentieth century, the prime minister of the United Kingdom's parliamentary democracy has been selected from which of these political groups?

• the House of Commons

• the House of Lords

• the British royal family

• the Cabinet

The MOST powerful nonelected position in the Russian government is

• Chairman of the State Duma

• the president

• the prime minister

• Chairman of the Federation Council