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Africa's Governments Review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In Kenya, the President is both the chief executive and the head of state. What type of democracy is this?

a)

Presidential Democracy

b)

Parliamentary Democracy

c)

Unitary Democracy

d)

Constitutional Democracy

2.

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

a)

autocracy

b)

democracy

c)

oligarchy

d)

confederation

3.

How is the president of South Africa chosen?

a)

A. He is elected by the country’s people.

b)

He is elected by the country’s legislature.

c)

He is appointed by the King.

d)

He is chosen by the country’s religious leader.

4.

What type of government does South Africa have?

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Presidential democracy

c)

Parliamentary democracy

d)

Autocracy

5.

If Kenya and the United States are both presidential democracies, how do they determine their leaders?

a)

The citizens vote on the legislature, then members of the legislature select the leader.

b)

The citizens do not get to choose the leaders.

c)

The leaders are passed down through generations.

d)

The citizens directly vote on the leaders in both countries.

6.

The two predominate forms of democratic governments are parliamentary and _________.

a)

Federal

b)

Constitutional

c)

Communist

d)

Presidential

7.

In an autocratic (dictatorship) government, freedom of speech is usually ___________.

a)

protected by the government as a civil right

b)

guaranteed in the government's constitution

c)

censored and controlled by the government

d)

regulated only when it presents a clear and present danger

8.
In South Africa, the National Assembly elects the president. This means that South Africa has a ____________ democracy.
a)
Presidential
b)
Parliamentary
9.

What type of government does South Africa have?

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Presidential democracy

c)

Parliamentary democracy

d)

Autocracy

10.

How is the president of South Africa chosen?

a)

A. He is elected by the country’s people.

b)

He is elected by the country’s legislature.

c)

He is appointed by the King.

d)

He is chosen by the country’s religious leader.

11.
Citizens in South Africa can vote. What kind of citizen participation is this?
a)

Oligarchy

b)
Federal
c)
Democracy
d)
Unitary
12.

What is the age to vote in South Africa

a)

15 and up can vote

b)

18 and up can vote

c)

21 and up can vote

d)

no one can vote

13.

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

a)

A President controls a country and a Prime Minister controls a state.

b)

A Prime Minister does not belong to a political party while a President always does.

c)

A Prime Minister has more power than a President.

d)

A President is elected directly by the citizens, while a Prime Minister is elected by the Legislature.

14.

In a parliamentary system, who is the head of government?

a)

Prime Minister

b)

President

c)

Monarch

d)

Dictator

15.
Government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections. 
a)
Democracy
b)
Autocracy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Dictatorship
16.

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?

a)

federal

b)

direct

c)

parliamentary

d)

presidential

17.

Citizens in Kenya participate.....

a)

a. by voting at the age of 15

b)

b. only the parliament can vote

c)

c. by voting males only at the age of 18

d)

d. by voting males and females at the age of 18

18.

What is the leader of a parliamentary system often called?

a)

King

b)

President

c)

Governor

d)

Prime minister

19.

Kenya and South Africa both have the same type of governments in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens because

a)

They are not allowed to vote

b)

They are allowed to vote

c)

The legislature makes all the decision

d)

The judicial court makes all the decisions

20.
Kenya & Nigeria: Presidential Democracy :: South Africa: _______________.
a)
Absolute Monarchy
b)
Federal Republic
c)
Constitutional Monarchy
d)
Parliamentary Democracy
21.
How are Nigeria and Kenya similar?
a)
both autocracies
b)
both parliamentary democracies
c)
both presidential democracies
d)
citizens can only vote for legislature