Latin American Government

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

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

________________ is the title of the chief executive with the most political power in a parliamentary democracy.

• President

• Prime Minister

• King

• Vice President

Which BEST describes how a parliamentary democracy differs from a presidential democracy?

• The legislative branch in the presidential system is always unicameral.

• In a parliamentary democracy, the head of the government is a member of the legislature.

• In a presidential democracy, political power is shared between state and federal governments.

• In a parliamentary democracy there are usually two main political parties; in the presidential system there is only one.

In which system of government do the citizens elect members of the legislature and then legislature elects the executive leader of the government?

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• presidential democracy

• parliamentary democracy

Which form of government puts the power in a single person?

• autocracy

• democracy

• oligarchy

• confederation

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Cuba's government structure?

• autocracy

• dictatorship

• presidential democracy

• citizens have very little personal freedoms

-- Federal system

-- President is elected to a 6 year term

-- Senate and Chamber of Deputies is bicameral legislature

-- Presidential democracy

• Cuba

• Mexico

• Colombia

• Haiti

Which of the following countries is highlighted RED on the map?

• Mexico

• Brazil

• Cuba

• Panama

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.

Cuba has an _____________ government controlled by the ___________party.

• autocratic, republican

• democratic, communist

• autocratic, communist

• autocratic, monarchy