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WorksheetsLatin America's Government
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins
Which form of government would have the MOST amount of citizen participation?
democracy
oligarchy
autocracy
anarchy
Which form of government would have the LEAST amount of citizen participation?
democracy
autocracy
oligarchy
beaucracy
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.
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
-- Federal system
-- President is elected to a 6 year term
-- Senate and Chamber of Deputies is bicameral legislature
-- Presidential democracy
Cuba
Mexico
Colombia
Haiti
The Mexican government functions using a democratic system, while the Cuban government functions using which type of system?
parliamentary
fascist
anarchist
dictatorship
What is the title of the political leader with the most power in the countries of Brazil and Mexico?
prime minister
president
king
chairman
Which country allows citizens to vote but only allows one political party (Communist Pary) to run for office?
Mexico
Cuba
Brazil
Turkey
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
Republic of Cuba
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Federative Republic of Brazil
Unitary States of Colombia
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.
Which of the countries would citizen participation in government be the LEAST?
Mexico
Cuba
Brazil
United States
-- 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?
Brazil
Cuba
India
Germany
What country is labeled the number 4 on the map?
Colombia
Panama
Cuba
Brazil
What country is highlighted green on the map?
Brazil
Mexico
Cuba
Chile
Which of the following countries is highlighted RED on the map?
Mexico
Brazil
Cuba
Panama
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Cuba's government structure?
autocracy
dictatorship
presidential democracy
citizens have very little personal freedoms
________________ is the title of the chief executive with the most political power in a parliamentary democracy.
President
Prime Minister
King
Vice President
If a legislature is said to be BICAMERAL then there are how many houses in that legislature?
1
2
3
4
-- 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?
India
Mexico
Brazil
Cuba
Who serves as the figurehead in a parliamentary democracy? They have no political power at all.
prime minister
monarch (king/queen)
chancellor
premier
