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- 1. Multiple Choice
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.
- 2. Multiple Choice
In a parliamentary system, who is the head of government?
Prime Minister
President
Monarch
Dictator
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich type of leader is a member of the country's legislature?kingpresidentprime ministerdictator
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich BEST describes the two predominant forms of a democratic government?dictatorship and republicanpresidential and dictatorshippresidential and confederateparliamentary and presidential
- 5. Multiple ChoiceIn this type of democracy, the law-making body (legislature) chooses the leader.presidentialrepublicdictatorshipparliamentary
- 6. Multiple ChoiceHow is the president in a presidential democracy like the prime minister in a parliamentary democracy?Both in charge of legislatureBoth directly elected by citizensBoth in charge of military and daily operations of governmentBoth elected for a fixed term
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is usually the title of chief executive in a presidential democracy?prime ministerCEOCFOpresident
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of democracy does the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and Canada have?parliamentarypresidential
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat does democracy mean?Ruled by a small groupLocal and Central share powerRuled by peopleRuled by one person
- 10. Multiple Choice
In this type of government, the 3 branches of government are separated by checks and balances.
Presidential Democracy
Parliamentary Democracy
- 11. Multiple ChoiceIn this type of government, the legislature is the strongest branch of government. Presidential democracy or parliamentary democracy?Presidential DemocracyParliamentary Democracy
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe leader serves a fixed term in officePresidentialParliamentary
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which type of government has the executive and legislative branches intertwined, whereas in the other one they stay separate?
Presidential
Parliamentary
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich government has all leaders that are elected by citizens?PresidentialParliamentary
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