U2 SWA Gov & Econ PREASSESSMENT

In an autocracy, who makes most of the governmental decisions?

• The people

• The court system

• The ruler

• The elected legislature

Who chooses the head of government in a presidential democracy?

• The citizens

• The ruler

• The former president

• The military

Julius lives in Country X. National elections will be held in one week. Julius plans to vote, but only because he will be punished if he does not. He knows that only one person will be on the ballot— the same person who has been the president for the past two decades. The president has all of the power and handpicks his supporters to fill government offices. Army officers are also chosen by the president. They are loyal to the president and carry out his orders without question.

Which statement BEST describes Country X?

• Country X is a presidential

• Country X is a theocracy

• Country X is an autocracy

• Country X is a parliamentary democracy

The leader of a parliamentary system is called the.....

• King

• Prime Minister

• President

• Governor

Government run only by a few people. Sometimes a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes. The citizen has a very limited role. 

• Democracy
• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Republic

Government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections. 

• Democracy
• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Dictatorship

A system of government in which the leader is elected by the citizens and is constitutionally independent of the legislature. 

• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Parliamentary democracy
• Presidential democracy

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

• A President controls a country and a Prime Minister controls a state.

• A Prime Minister does not belong to a political party while a President always does.

• A Prime Minister has more power than a President.

• A President is elected directly by the citizens, while a Prime Minister is elected by the Legislature.

How are a democracy, oligarchy, and autocracy DIFFERENT?

• the sharing of power between the different levels of government

• the election of the three branches of government

• the role of the citizen

• the law making process

What kind of government has the MOST citizen participation? 

• Democratic
• Autocratic
• Oligarchic
• Dictatorship