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WorksheetsAfrica's Governments Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
In Kenya, the President is both the chief executive and the head of state. What type of democracy is this?
Presidential Democracy
Parliamentary Democracy
Unitary Democracy
Constitutional Democracy
Which form of government puts the power of the government in a single person?
autocracy
democracy
oligarchy
confederation
How is the president of South Africa chosen?
A. He is elected by the country’s people.
He is elected by the country’s legislature.
He is appointed by the King.
He is chosen by the country’s religious leader.
What type of government does South Africa have?
Oligarchy
Presidential democracy
Parliamentary democracy
Autocracy
If Kenya and the United States are both presidential democracies, how do they determine their leaders?
The citizens vote on the legislature, then members of the legislature select the leader.
The citizens do not get to choose the leaders.
The leaders are passed down through generations.
The citizens directly vote on the leaders in both countries.
The two predominate forms of democratic governments are parliamentary and _________.
Federal
Constitutional
Communist
Presidential
In an autocratic (dictatorship) government, freedom of speech is usually ___________.
protected by the government as a civil right
guaranteed in the government's constitution
censored and controlled by the government
regulated only when it presents a clear and present danger
What type of government does South Africa have?
Oligarchy
Presidential democracy
Parliamentary democracy
Autocracy
How is the president of South Africa chosen?
A. He is elected by the country’s people.
He is elected by the country’s legislature.
He is appointed by the King.
He is chosen by the country’s religious leader.
Oligarchy
What is the age to vote in South Africa
15 and up can vote
18 and up can vote
21 and up can vote
no one can vote
What is the main DIFFERENCE between a presidential democracy and a parliamentary democracy?
A President controls a country and a Prime Minister controls a state.
A Prime Minister does not belong to a political party while a President always does.
A Prime Minister has more power than a President.
A President is elected directly by the citizens, while a Prime Minister is elected by the Legislature.
In a parliamentary system, who is the head of government?
Prime Minister
President
Monarch
Dictator
South Africa has a president that is elected by the National Assembly, its legislature. Citizens 18 and older can vote, and it has a two-house legislature. The executive and legislative branches are combined into one. What type of democracy is this?
federal
direct
parliamentary
presidential
Citizens in Kenya participate.....
a. by voting at the age of 15
b. only the parliament can vote
c. by voting males only at the age of 18
d. by voting males and females at the age of 18
What is the leader of a parliamentary system often called?
King
President
Governor
Prime minister
Kenya and South Africa both have the same type of governments in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens because
They are not allowed to vote
They are allowed to vote
The legislature makes all the decision
The judicial court makes all the decisions
