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SS7CG1 Forms of Government

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

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1.

Check all the actions that are most likely to occur in an autocracy. (Choose 3.)

a)

A citizen is imprisoned for criticizing the government.

b)

Television news programs interview people on two different sides of a public issue.

c)

Citizens criticize the government without fear of imprisonment.

d)

A newspaper is shut down for publishing negative reports about the government.

e)

The military uses tear gas on a group of nonviolent protestors.

2.

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

a)

the relationship between the executive branch and the judicial branch

b)

the relationship between the judicial branch and the legislative branch

c)

the relationship between the legislative branch and the executive branch

3.

Choose the TWO questions that could be answered with the word autocracy.

a)

Which type of government is most likely to restrict freedom of religion?

b)

Which type of government is most likely to include multiple political parties?

c)

Which type of government is most likely to censor television, radio, and Internet?

d)

Which type of government is most likely to transition from one leader to another peacefully?

4.

Power is strongest in the legislative branch of government through “fusion of powers” in a _______________ democracy.

a)

presidential

b)

parliamentary

5.

Check the TWO characteristics that describe a democracy.

a)

All people have power.

b)

Citizen have few opportunities to participate in government.

c)

One person has power.

d)

Citizens have many opportunities to participate in government.

6.

What kind of democracy does this diagram represent?

a)

presidential democracy

b)

parliamentary democracy

7.

Power is balanced between each branch of government through “separation of powers” in a _______________ .

a)

presidential

b)

parliamentary

8.

Which form of democracy provides the strongest protection against any branch of government becoming too powerful through a system of checks and balances?

a)

presidential democracy

b)

parliamentary democracy

9.

In which type of government do citizens commonly elect leaders?

a)

democracy

b)

autocracy

c)

both

d)

neither

10.

What kind of democracy does this diagram represent?

a)

presidential democracy

b)

parliamentary democracy