Government Understandings of Canada

Which of these types of government allows citizens to have the greatest amount of political influence?

• dictatorship

• direct democracy

• absolute monarchy

• oligarchy

Who is the head of Canada's government (with the most political power)?

• British monarch

• Prime Minister

• Governor-general

• Member of Parliament

Who is the governor-general in Canada's government?

• Official who represents the British monarch in

  Canada’s government

• Official who represents the prime minister in

  Canada’s government

• Official who heads the government in a

  parliamentary democracy

• Official who heads the government in a

  presidential democracy

  3

All of the following describe Canada's government EXCEPT _______.

• autocracy

• constitutional monarchy

• parliamentary democracy

• federal system

What is evident of a country that has a parliamentary democracy?

• The head of state and the head of government are

  two different people, one of which is the prime

  minister

• The head of the country is always the King or

  Queen

• The head of state is the ayatollah.

• The head of government is the president.

The two predominate forms of democratic governments are parliamentary and _________.

• Federal

• Constitutional

• Communist

• Presidential

How is the power distributed in a federal system of government?

• The central government has complete control

• The individual states have complete control

• The tribe leader shares control with the elders

• The central government and the states share control.

In which type of government are citizens MOST likely to choose their leader?

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Monarchy

In Canada, the legislative branch has just elected a new prime minister. Which form of government is this?

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

In Canada's parliamentary democracy, the head of government belongs to which branch?

• Legislative

• National

• Executive

• Judicial