SW Asia GOVT SG Review

Which of the following do presidential democracies and parliamentary democracies have in common?

• both have oligarchic participation

• both have a prime minister chosen by all the citizens

• both have democratic elections by citizens who can all vote

• both have only autocratic citizen participation at the national level

Based on the information in the passage above, Saudi Arabia’s government can best be described as which of the following?

• Presidential Democracy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Autocratic Monarchy

• Theocratic Republic

1. John turned 18 last year. He is excited because this is the first year he can vote. He intends to go to the voting booth today and vote for his state senator, and vote for the Office of President. John can do this because he lives in a country that is a

(a)  

Israel holds elections where the citizens select the members of the legislature. Allowing citizens to participate in government in this way is MOST like which form of government?

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Democracy

Why do individual voters have more power in a democracy than they do in an autocracy or an oligarchy?

• Kings are always cruel rulers.

• The voters get to choose the people who make the laws.

• All of the power stays in the hands of the local governments.

• Voters in democratic countries always choose qualified leaders.

Citizens of Afghanistan gain suffrage at age 18. The citizens directly elect both the legislature and President just as we do here in the United States. How would Afghanistan’s government best be described?

• monarchy

• theocratic republic

• presidential democracy

• parliamentary democracy

In a Parliamentary Democracy, unlike a presidential system, the head of government is connected to which branch?

• Judicial

• National

• Regional

• Legislative

In a presidential system of government, how is a president chosen?

• by a decision of the national courts

• by a majority vote of the legislature

• in a separate vote from the one that chooses the legislature

• by the political party with the most representatives in the legislature

The leader of a parliamentary democracy is chosen by

• the monarch or king

• a popular vote of the people

• a decision by the national courts

• the political party with the most representatives in the legislature

1. Ahmed is running in an election for a seat in his country’s legislature. If he succeeds, he and his fellow legislators will then vote to choose his country’s head of state. What system of government does this country most likely use?

• Theocracy

• Monarchy

• Presidential Democracy

• Parliamentary Democracy