WorksheetsLatin America government
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which form of government would have the MOST amount of citizen participation?
democracy
oligarchy
autocracy
anarchy
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 the legislature elects the executive leader of the government?
autocracy
oligarchy
presidential democracy
parliamentary democracy
Which country is being described here?
-- Federal system
-- President is elected to a 6 year term
-- Senate and Chamber of Deputies is bicameral legislature
-- Presidential democracy
Cuba
Mexico
Colombia
Haiti
Which form of government would have the LEAST amount of citizen participation?
democracy
autocracy
oligarchy
beaucracy
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 them to choose candidates from one political party (Communist Party)?
Mexico
Cuba
Brazil
Turkey
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
Which country is being described here?
-- Federal system
-- Voting is REQUIRED by citizens aged 18-70
-- Presidential democracy
-- National Congress and Chamber of Deputies is bicameral legislature
Brazil
Cuba
India
Germany
________________ 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
Which country is being described here?
-- Unitary style of government with one central government
-- Autocratic dictatorship
-- 16 and over may vote
-- National Assembly of People's Power is unicameral legislature
India
Mexico
Brazil
Cuba
Type of democracy where citizens vote directly for the leader of the executive branch and also for the legislative body.
Which country is an example of a presidential democracy?
United States
Mexico
Brazil
All of the above
