SS6CG3: Comparing European Governments

The ruler of your country has always made all of the political and economic decisions for the country.  The citizens do not always agree with his decisions, but they have no power to change anything.  He alone makes the decisions and has unlimited power.  Which form of government do you have? 

• Autocracy
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Presidential Democracy
• Parliamentary Democracy

Who is the head of government in Germany (has the most political power)?

• Dictator
• Prime Minister
• President
• Chancellor

______________:United Kingdom::Presidential Democracy: United States. 

• Autocracy 
• Communism
• Presidential Democracy
• Parliamentary Democracy

In the United Kingdom, the political party that has the largest number of members in the Legislative Branch chooses the head of government, which is the __________. 

• Chancellor
• Prime Minister
• King or Queen
• President

Jill just reached the legal voting age and is voting for the first time in her life. She will be voting for the president of her country and for other elected officials. Which form of government does Jill have? 

• Monarchy
• Autocracy
• Presidential Democracy
• Parliamentary Democracy

The United Kingdom's __________serves as a symbolic head of state. 

• monarch 
• president 
• chancellor
• prime minister

In the United Kingdom, the head of government is a ________________.

• chancellor

• president

• prime minister

• queen

Both Germany’s chancellor and the U.K.’s prime minister are elected by each nation’s __________________.

• Parliament
• Congress
• Citizens

Russia’s head of state is a __________.

• Chancellor

• Prime Minister

• President

The Russian president is directly elected by the ______________  _____________. 

• Russian duma
• Russian Parliment
• Russian citizens