African Government & Economics Post Test Review

South Africa is a parliamentary democracy. Based on this information, how is the president of South Africa determined?

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  The legislature of South Africa votes to elect the president.

  In a parliamentary democracy, such as South Africa, the legislature selects the president.

• Whoever controls the South African military becomes the president.

  This answer choice does not describe how the president is selected in South Africa or in parliamentary democracies in general.

• Whoever controls the South African courts becomes the president.

  This answer choice does not describe how the president is selected in South Africa or in parliamentary democracies in general.

• The citizens of South Africa vote directly for the president.

  This answer choice is consistent with a presidential democracy, not a parliamentary democracy.

Which answer choice BEST explains why there are more parliamentary democracies than presidential democracies in the world?

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  The Founding Fathers of the United States often wrote on the topic of government and helped other nations found democracies.

• The end of the Cold War caused many nations that were presidential democracies to change to parliamentary democracies.

• The governments of many democratic nations are based on the governments of the colonial powers that colonized them.

• The citizens of many monarchies demanded reforms based on the democracy in the United States during the nineteenth century.

What characteristic is shared by the governments of South Africa and Kenya?

• Citizens participate in elections to select the executive and legislative leaders of each country.

• Each country is governed by an elected parliament that makes all major government decisions.

• The government of each country is led by a dictator who has absolute power and authority.

• State governments operate completely independently of the central government in each country.

Which nations would be BEST suited to address the problem of AIDS and administer the necessary treatment to those afflicted?

• a nation that has had a stable democratic system for multiple decades

• a country whose military recently seized control of the government in a coup

• a country that has recently gained its independence from a former colonial power

• a nation rich in natural resources that is rebuilding from a decades-long civil war

Use the table to complete the question. A high percentage in column 2 indicates that many people in the country are undernourished. A high percentage in column 3 indicates that the government of the country is very stable. What conclusion can reasonably be drawn based on the table?

• Stable governments are better than unstable governments at providing for their citizens.

• Political stability has little effect on a government's ability to provide for its citizens.

• Politically stable countries tend to equally distribute wealth among their citizens.

• Even stable governments frequently have difficulty providing for their citizens.

• mining for diamonds

  Using the key associated with the map, one can conclude that diamonds are more important to the economies of nations in southern Africa than oil, iron ore, or copper.

• drilling for oil

  The map indicates that diamond production is more prevalent in southern Africa than the refinement of oil, which is more prevalent in northern Africa.

• refining iron ore

  The map indicates that diamond production is more prevalent in southern Africa than the refinement of iron ore.

• producing copper

  The map indicates that diamond production is more prevalent in southern Africa than the production of copper.

What conclusion can be drawn based on the information in the table?

• Nigeria most likely has a higher standard of living than the other nations.

• Nigeria most likely has a higher level of entrepreneurship than the other nations.

• South Africa most likely imposes more barriers to foreign trade than the other nations.

• South Africa most likely invests more heavily in human capital than the other nations.

What would be the BEST way for a government to improve the standard of living in its country?

• nationalize the major industries of the country

• invade a neighboring country to gain access to resources

• invest in the education of children and adults in the country

• outlaw trade with other countries to help domestic industries

How are the basic economic questions decided in a market economy?

• They are decided based on custom and habit.

• They are decided based on government priorities.

• They are decided based on consumer preferences.

• They are decided based on the needs of the public.

What can reasonably be concluded based on the information in the table?

• Egypt is more economically specialized than Nigeria.

• Sudan invests more in capital goods than Nigeria.

• Nigeria has more barriers to trade than South Africa.

• South Africa has a higher standard of living than Sudan.