Latin American Governments

Government type found in Mexico...

• Autocracy

• Parliamentary System

• Presidential Democracy

• Dictatorship

Which of the following countries is an example of a presidential democracy?

• Soviet Union-era Russia

• Cuba

• Brazil

• The United Kingdom

True or False: The people in Cuba have very little say so in their government.

• True

• False

What is the name of the one political party in Cuba?

• Cuban Democracy Party

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Republicans

• Cuban Communist Party

What type of government is being described? Fidel Castro held total authority over the citizens of Cuba and punished those who were against him.

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Dictatorship 
• Oligarchy

Which form of government would have the MOST amount of citizen participation?

• democracy

• oligarchy

• autocracy

• anarchy

In which system of government do the citizens elect members of the legislature and then legislature elects the executive leader of the government?

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• presidential democracy

• parliamentary democracy

The Mexican government functions using a democratic system, while the Cuban government functions using which type of system?

• parliamentary

• fascist

• anarchist

• dictatorship

What is the title of the political leader with the most power in the countries of Brazil and Mexico?

• prime minister

• president

• king

• chairman

Which of the countries would citizen participation in government be the LEAST?

• Mexico

• Cuba

• Brazil

• United States