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Latin America's Government

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

democracy

b)

oligarchy

c)

autocracy

d)

anarchy

2.

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

a)

democracy

b)

autocracy

c)

oligarchy

d)

beaucracy

3.

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

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

4.

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

a)

autocracy

b)

oligarchy

c)

presidential democracy

d)

parliamentary democracy

5.

-- Federal system

-- President is elected to a 6 year term

-- Senate and Chamber of Deputies is bicameral legislature

-- Presidential democracy

a)

Cuba

b)

Mexico

c)

Colombia

d)

Haiti

6.

The Mexican government functions using a democratic system, while the Cuban government functions using which type of system?

a)

parliamentary

b)

fascist

c)

anarchist

d)

dictatorship

7.

What is the title of the political leader with the most power in the countries of Brazil and Mexico?

a)

prime minister

b)

president

c)

king

d)

chairman

8.

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

a)

Mexico

b)

Cuba

c)

Brazil

d)

Turkey

9.

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

a)

Republic of Cuba

b)

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

c)

Federative Republic of Brazil

d)

Unitary States of Colombia

10.

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

a)

The legislative branch in the presidential system is always unicameral.

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

11.

Which of the countries would citizen participation in government be the LEAST?

a)

Mexico

b)

Cuba

c)

Brazil

d)

United States

12.

-- 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?

a)

Brazil

b)

Cuba

c)

India

d)

Germany

13.

What country is labeled the number 4 on the map?

a)

Colombia

b)

Panama

c)

Cuba

d)

Brazil

14.

What country is highlighted green on the map?

a)

Brazil

b)

Mexico

c)

Cuba

d)

Chile

15.

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

a)

Mexico

b)

Brazil

c)

Cuba

d)

Panama

16.

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

a)

autocracy

b)

dictatorship

c)

presidential democracy

d)

citizens have very little personal freedoms

17.

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

a)

President

b)

Prime Minister

c)

King

d)

Vice President

18.

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

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

19.

-- Unitary style of government with one central government

-- Autocratic Dictatorship

-- 16 and over may vote but may only choose Communist

-- National Assembly of People's Power is unicameral legislature


What country is being described here?

a)

India

b)

Mexico

c)

Brazil

d)

Cuba

20.

Who serves as the figurehead in a parliamentary democracy? They have no political power at all.

a)

prime minister

b)

monarch (king/queen)

c)

chancellor

d)

premier