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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who makes most of the important governmental decisions in an autocracy?
The ruler
The people
The court system
The elected legislature
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which Asian country could be described as an autocracy?
India
Japan
South Korea
North Korea
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who makes most of the important governmental decisions in an oligarchy?
The king
The people
The legislature
A small group of powerful leaders
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which Asian country could be described as an oligarchy?
India
Japan
China
South Korea
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why do the individual voters have more power in a democracy that they do in an autocracy or an oligarchy?
Kings are always poor rulers
The voters get to choose the people who make the laws
All of the power stays in the hands of the local governments
the voters in democratic countries always choose qualified leaders.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which Asian countries have democratic systems of government?
India and Japan
China and Vietnam
China and South Korea
North Korea and China
- 7. Multiple Choice
The leader of a parliamentary system is chosen by
the monarch or king
a popular vote of the people
a decision by the national courts
the political party with the most representation in the legislature
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which branch of the government makes the laws in a presidential system of government?
president
legislature
national courts
both the president and the legislature together
- 9. Multiple Choice
In a presidential system of government, a president is a chosen
by a decision of the national courts.
by a majority vote of the legislature.
in a separate vote from the one that chooses the legislature.
by the political party with the most representatives in the legislature.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is the role of the president regarding the laws passed by the legislature?
the president is supposed to enforce those laws.
the president can change the laws he does not like.
What is the role of the president regarding the laws passed by the legislature.
the president does not need to approve laws passed by the legislature.
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