Government systems of the Middle East

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Why do individual voters have more power in a democracy than in an autocracy or an oligarchy?

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The people play a role in deciding who rules.

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Government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.

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Democracy

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A system of government in which the leader is elected by the citizens and is constitutionally independent of the legislature.

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Presidential democracy

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What is the main DIFFERENCE between a presidential democracy and a parliamentary democracy?

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A President is elected directly by the citizens, while a Prime Minister is elected by the Legislature.

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What kind of government has the MOST citizen participation? Options: Democratic, Autocratic, Oligarchic, Dictatorship

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Democratic

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In a parliamentary system, who is the head of government?

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Prime Minister

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

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Autocracy

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Which type of leader is a member of the country's legislature?

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prime minister

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This form of government allows citizens to vote and hold office:

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Democracy

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Which BEST describes the two predominant forms of a democratic government? Options: dictatorship and republican, presidential and dictatorship, presidential and confederate, parliamentary and presidential

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parliamentary and presidential