Africa and Middle Eastern Government

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

The leader of a parliamentary type of government is called the

• Dictator

• President

• Prime minister

• Prime negotiator

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.

Which describes the decision-makers in an oligarchy?

• Voting citizens

• Judges and lawyers

• A king and his family

• A group of powerful leaders

Nigeria's president elected by "direct election." This means that

• the "electoral college" determines the winner.

• the winner receives a majority of the popular vote.

• the legislative branch has to determine the winner.

• the winning candidate must receive 75% of the vote.

Type of government in which the power to govern is held by one person

• Autocracy
• Democracy
• Presidential Democracy
• Judaism

Type of government in which the people (citizens) have the highest level of citizen participation.

• Democracy
• Autocracy
• Dictatorship
• Pan Africanism

In this type of Autocracy, the leader has not been elected, and uses force to control all aspects of social and economic life, often through military force.

• Dictatorship
• Democracy
• Absolute Monarchy
• Protestant

In this type of Autocracy, the leader is a king, queen, emperor or empress. Their power is usually inherited or passed down from family members

• Absolute Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• Presidential Democracy
• Pan Africanism