Africa's Government

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 governments.
• The voters in democratic countries always choose qualified leaders

A "president" got rid of elections, but rules with his military

• Unitary
• Autocracy
• Democracy
• Oligarchy

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

In a parliamentary system, who is the head of government?

• Prime Minister

• President

• Monarch

• Dictator

This form of government allows citizens to vote and hold office: 

• Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Autocracy
• Oligarchy

Check the TWO characteristics that describe a democracy.

• All people have power.

• Citizen have few opportunities to participate in government.

• One person has power.

• Citizens have many opportunities to participate in government.

Which term correctly defines "apartheid"?

• ruled by a king

• a two-house legislature

• legal separation of races

• ruled by European colonial country