F114 Latin American Gov Check-Up

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

• democracy

• oligarchy

• autocracy

• anarchy

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

• democracy

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• beaucracy

How might the form of government affect the role of the citizen in Cuba?

• Cuba has a dictatorship, which limits the voting rights of the citizens.

• Cuba has a dictatorship, which allows for greater voting rights of the citizens.

• Cuba has a federal-republican system, which limits the voting rights of the citizens.

• Cuba has a federal-republican system, which allows for greater voting rights of the citizens.

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 country allows citizens to vote but only allows one political party (Communist Pary) to run for office?

• Mexico

• Cuba

• Brazil

• Turkey

ARTICLE 53.

"Citizens have freedom of speech and of the press in keeping with the objectives of socialist society."

This passage is from the 1992 Constitution of a Caribbean country that went through a violent revolution in the late 1950s. The country is the

• Republic of Cuba

• Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

• Federative Republic of Brazil

• Unitary States of Colombia

-- Federal system

-- Voting is REQUIRED by citizens aged 18-70

-- Presidential democracy

-- National Congress and Chamber deputies is bicameral legislature

-- President is elected to a single 4-year term

What Latin American country is being described here?

• Brazil

• Cuba

• India

• Germany

-- Federal system

-- President is elected to a 6 year term

-- Senate and Chamber of Deputies is bicameral legislature

-- Presidential democracy

• Cuba

• Mexico

• Colombia

• Haiti

If a legislature is said to be BICAMERAL then there are how many houses in that legislature?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4