African Government & Economics Review

Which describes the decision-makers in an oligarchy?

• Voting citizens

• Judges and lawyers

• A king and his family

• A group of powerful leaders

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

• Kings are always cruel rulers.

• The people play a role in deciding who rules.

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

• Voters in democratic countries always choose qualified leaders.

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

• Courts

• Monarch

• President

• Legislature

What is the leader of a parliamentary system often called?

• King

• President

• Governor

• Prime minister

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

• Dictatorship and republican

• Presidential and dictatorship

• Presidential and confederate

• Parliamentary and presidential

Who chooses the country’s leader in a parliamentary form of government?

• The monarch

• Popular vote of the people

• Decision by the national courts

• The party with the most representative in the legislature

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

• Separately from the legislature

• By a decision of the national courts

• By a majority vote of the legislature

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

What is one main difference between a president and a prime minister?

• A prime minister has more power than a president.

• A president has be elected while a prime minister does not.

• A prime minister does not belong to a particular political party, while a president always does.

• A president is separate from the legislature, while a prime minister answers directly to the legislature.

Kenya and South Africa both have the same type of governments in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens because

• They are not allowed to vote

• They are allowed to vote

• The legislature makes all the decision

• The judicial court makes all the decisions

South Africa has a presidential democracy.

• Ture

• False: Parliamentary Democracy

• False: Autocracy