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Africa Government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Describe the amount of citizen participation in autocratic governments. | None |
| Describe the amount of citizen participation in democratic governments. | All |
| What system has the most freedom? | Democratic System |
| What system has the least amount of freedom? | Autocratic System |
| List two ways that presidential and parliamentary democracies are different. | 1) How leader is elected (citizens vs. legislature) 2) Separate executive branch in presidential |
| Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria have what kind of governments? | Democratic |
| Which country (Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria) has a parliamentary democracy instead of a presidential democracy? | South Africa |
| List 4 obstacles to education in Africa? | a. Lack of teachers/schools b. Poverty c. Children soldiers/war d. HIV/AIDS |
| When a family can’t send all their children to school, which children usually do NOT get to go? | The girls don’t get to go to school |
| Describe some of the factors that caused Sudan to spend many years in civil war | Different ethnic groups and religious groups forced to live together |
| What happened in 2011 to (theoretically) end the civil wars in Sudan? Did it work? | South Sudan voted for their independence and became a country. No it did not work. |
| Define famine | prolonged period without food affecting a large area and large number of people |
| Human causes of famine | a. War b. Deliberate crop destruction |
| Natural causes of famine | a. Drought b. Flood |
| How can unsafe drinking water prevent children from attending school? | They get sick from it and they have to miss school to try to find clean water |
| How does unsafe drinking water keep many African countries poor? | People spend their days looking for water, so they don’t attend school. Without an education, they can’t get a good job. Without a good job, they can’t make money. |