Africa Government Quiz

Which BEST describe the two predominant forms of a democratic government?

• dictatorship & republican

• presidential & dictatorship

• parliamentary & presidential

• presidential & confederate

In this type of government, political and governmental power is held by the citizens of the country, who choose who among themselves will lead them

• Democracy
• Autocracy
• Dictatorship
• Theocracy

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 chosen by the Legislature.

How is the president of South Africa chosen?

• He is appointed be the king

• He is elected by the National Assembly

• He is chosen by the country's religious leader

What type of government does South Africa have?

• parliamentary democracy

• presidential democracy

• autocracy

What type of government does Nigeria have?

• parliamentary democracy

• presidential democracy

• autocracy

What type government does Kenya have?

• parliamentary democracy

• presidential democracy

• autocracy

Government in which one person possesses unlimited power and the citizen has little, if any, role in the government. 

• Oligarchy
• Autocracy
• Democracy
• Republic

Which is a key difference between parliamentary and presidential democracies?

• There is less separation of executive and judicial power in a presidential democracy.

• There is less separation of executive and legislative power in a presidential democracy.

• There is less separation of executive and judicial power in a parliamentary democracy.

• There is less separation of executive and legislative power in a parliamentary democracy.

Which answer BEST compares the governments of South Africa and Kenya?

• There are no checks on the authority of the executive leader of the Kenyan government.

• There are no checks on the authority of the executive leader of the South African government.

• There is a greater separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of the Kenyan government.

• There is a greater separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of the South African government.