Citizen Participation and Parliamentary vs Presidential

In a parliamentary democracy, the legislators CHOOSE the ______________who leads Parliament. The _____________ is the head of government and is the nation's leader.

• President

• Prime Minister

• Executive Branch

• Citizens

What are the 3 basic categories of citizen participation? Choose 3.

• autocratic

• communist

• oligarchic

• democratic

The large field of stick figures on the democratic icon reminds us that _________ .

• the citizens rule in a democracy

• few people rule in an oligarchy

• one person rules in an autocracy

• the citizens rule in an autocracy

The fact that there is no one in the background behind the ONE stick figure (the blank white part) shows that there is ________ citizen participation in government.

• little

• much

• not enough

• no

The fact there are a lot of people in the background in the democratic picture show that there is ____of citizen participation.

• too much

• lots of

• not enough

• little

In which type of democracy is the leader of government constitutionally SEPARATE from the legislature?

• Parliamentary

• Presidential

• Autocratic

In which type of democracy are there THREE SEPARATE BRANCHES of government, and the executive branch is pretty powerful?

• Autocratic

• Presidential

• Parliamentary

• Communist

What type of government is being described. Voters in Israel elect representatives to the legislature, and the representatives choose the head of the government.

• Presidential democracy

• Parliamentary democracy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

The ______ is usually the head of government in a parliamentary democracy.

• President

• King

• Ayatollah

• Prime Minister

The two main forms of democracies are ____ and ____ .

• Presidential & Parliamentary

• Theocratic & Oligarchic

• Monarchy & Presidential

• Oligarchic & Monarchy