Governments Quiz

Which citizenship practice best characterizes a dictatorship?

• voting to elect those opposed to the dictator

• attending demonstrations to show support of the government

• writing letters to newspapers attacking government policies

• joining a political party opposed to the government

A theocratic government is often characterized by...

• the existence of multiple political parties

• censorship, religious laws, and repression

• a written constitution

• direct elections for governmental decisions

Which characteristics are shared by the political cultures of the United States, Great Britain, and Mexico?

• a union of political and religious authority

• a hereditary monarch

• a totalitarian government

• a democratically elected national legislature

Which was a characteristic of many African nations after their independence?

• one-party systems

• theocratic government

• constitutional monarchy

• direct democracy

"Give Venezuela an executive power in the person of a president chosen by the people, and you will have taken a great step toward national happiness. No matter what citizen occupies this office, he will be aided by the Constitution, and being authorized to do good, he can do no harm, because his ministers will cooperate with him only insofar as he abides by the law. If he attempts to infringe upon the law, his ministers will desert him, isolating him from the Republic, and they will bring charges against him in the Senate..."

• -Simon Bolivar, 1819

In this passage, which type of government does Simon Bolivar propose for Venezuela?

• theocracy

• democracy

• monarchy

• dictatorship