European Governments

Which statement BEST describes a presidential democracy?

• The dictator holds all political power.

• The legislative body chooses the head of government.

• A small group runs the government.

• The citizens vote directly for the head of government.

The United Kingdom has a prime minister that is elected through the legislature. What type of government does the United Kingdom have?

• Presidential democracy

• Parliamentary democracy

• Autocratic democracy

• Direct Democracy

What do the government systems of the UK, Germany, and Russia have in common?

• They are all monarchies.

• They are all autocracies.

• They are all federations.

• They are all democracies.

Which best describes a citizen's role in an autocracy compared to a democracy?

• In an autocracy, citizens are only allowed to vote for members of the legislative branch of government not the executive branch of government, but in a democracy citizens vote for both the legislative and executive branch of government.

• In an autocracy citizens have few or no rights and have little say in their government, but in a democracy citizens are able to vote for representatives in their government.

• In an autocracy citizens only vote for one head of government, but in a democracy citizens elect two people to serve as their head of government- a prime minister and a queen.

• In an autocracy, citizens are not allowed to vote for their monarch, but in a democracy citizens are able to vote for their monarch.

How are presidential democracies different than parliamentary democracies?

• In a presidential democracy the head of state and government are two different people, but in a parliamentary democracy the head of state and head of government are the same person.

• In a presidential democracy citizens directly elect their head of government, but in a parliamentary democracy citizens do not directly elect their head of government.

• In a presidential democracy the president is only elected for four years, but a parliamentary democracy the president is elected for ten years.

• In a presidential democracy citizens have the right to vote in free elections, but in a parliamentary democracy citizens do not have the right to vote in free elections.

In this form of government, citizens get to vote.

• oligarchy
• democracy
• autocracy

in this form of government, citizens vote to elect the leader separately from legislature.

• parliamentary democracy
• federal
• presidential democracy
• unitary

in this form of government, the leader is a part of the legislature and citizens do not directly vote for the leader.

• presidential democracy
• oligarchy
• parliamentary democracy
• federal

Most countries in Europe have which type of

government?

• Democracy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

Citizens have the greatest amount of political

influence in which type of government?

• Autocracy

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy