Africa Gov & Econ MA Review

What BEST describes the two predominant forms of a democratic government?

• parliamentary and presidential

• dictatorship and republic

• presidential and confederate

• presidential and dictatorship

What is the main difference between a president and a prime minister?

• A prime minister does not belong to a particular political party while a president does.

• A prime minister is elected directly by the people.

• The president is separate from the legislature while a prime minister answers directly to the legislature.

• A prime minister has more power than a president.

Who selects the executive leader in a parliamentary system?

• The judiciary

• The king

• The people

• The legislature

In a presidential system of government, how is a president chosen?

• by the political party with the most representatives in the legislature

• by a majority vote of the legislature

• by a decision of the national courts

• in an election where the people vote

All citizens participate equally in which type of government?

• Autocracy

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

What type of government does South Africa have?

• parliamentary democracy

• autocracy

• blend of autocracy and democracy

• presidential democracy

In which type of government does the ruler have absolute power?

• parliamentary democracy

• autocracy

• blend of autocracy and democracy

• presidential democracy

Why do the individual voters have more power in a democracy than they do in an autocracy?

• Kings do not listen to the views of the citizens

• Voters do not play a role in either a democracy or an autocracy.

• The people play a role in deciding who rules.

• All of the power stays in the hands of the local governments.

In some countries, a single authority decides what is produced. What term identifies this type of economic system?

• command

• public

• market

• traditional

What are three basic economic questions?

• Where to produce? How to produce? Why produce?

• What to produce? How to produce? For whom to produce?

• Where to produce? Why produce? For whom to produce?

• What to produce? How to produce? Why produce?