African Governments

In an autocracy, who makes most of the important government decisions?

• the courts

• the people

• an individual leader

• an elected legislature

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

• Kings are always cruel leaders

• The people play a role in deciding who rules

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

• Voters in democratic countries always choose qualified leaders

Which branch of government is responsible for making and carrying out the laws in a parlimentary system of government?

• courts

• monarch

• president

• legislature

Which BEST describes the two predominant forms of a democratic government?

• distatorship and republican

• presidential and dictatorship

• presidential and confederate

• parliamentary and presidential

The leader of a parliamentary type of government is called the...

• dictator

• president

• prime minister

• prime negotiator

Which branch of government passes laws in a presidential system of government?

• judicial

• executive

• legislative

• bureaucracy

Which country has been independent of colonial control for the longest time?

• Kenya

• Sudan

• South Africa

• all three are still under colonial control

In South Africa anyone over the age of 18 may vote in elections that determine the National Assembly (legislature). The National Assembly (legislature) chooses one person to be the executive leader. Based on this information, South Africa would be considered a 

• Federalist Confederation
• Democratic Dictatorship
• Parliamentary Democracy
• Presidential Dictatorship

What do Kenya's government and Nigeria's government have in common?

• They both allow their citizens to vote at the age of 16.

• They both have presidential democracies.

• They both have parliamentary democracies.

• They both have autocratic governments.

What is the major difference between autocratic and democratic governments?

• Both allow citizens to vote at the age of 18.

• Both have leaders that are called presidents.

• Democratic governments don't allow as much citizen participation as democratic governments.

• Autocratic governments don't allow as much citizen participation as democratic governments.