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7SS Government
Government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a Democracy? | A government in which the citizens have the power, vote for their leaders |
| What is an Autocracy? | A government in which there is One leader who makes the decisions and has all power |
| What is a big difference between President and a Prime Minister | A President is elected by the people and is separate from the legislative. A Prime Minister is elected by the legislature. |
| Who is the leader in a Parliamentary Democracy? | Prime Minister |
| What is a Presidential Democracy? | A government where there is a President |
| What is a Parliamentary Democracy | A government where the leader is a Prime Leader who is selected by the legislature |
| What is a Monarchy? | A government led by a king or queen |
| How is a Prime Minister chosen? | By the legislature |
| How is a President chosen? | By the people |
| North Korea and Vietnam have this type of government | Communism |
| In a Presidential Democracy who selects the leader? | The people |
| Japan has this type of government | Parliamentary Democracy |
| Japan has a symbolic figurehead called... | Emperor |
| Increase in literacy rate may mean | Increase in standard of living |
| China's attitude has changed in that | More people own businesses |
| What are the two predominant (major) forms of democratic governments? | Parliamentary Democracy Presidential Democracy |
| What is MOST OFTEN one main difference between a president and a prime minister? | a president has to be directly elected while a prime minister does not |
| North Korea has a dictator. How would you BEST describe the level of citizen participation that exists in this country? | The people have no choices |
| The North Korean government decides what to produce, how to produce and for whom to produce. | Command Economy |
| How do the governments of Japan and China treat their citizens differently? | Japanese citizens can practice freedom of speech |
| In which form of government do people vote for the legislative body, which in turn selects the prime minister? | Parliamentary Democracy |