Test Review!

Which statement BEST describes citizen participation in Brazil and Mexico?

• Citizens are forced to join the majority political party.

• Citizens vote for members of the legislative and executive branches.

• Citizens do not have the right to vote in national elections.

Use the information above to answer the following question.

• Country X is Brazil; Country Y is Cuba.

• Country X is Mexico, Country Y is Brazil.

• Country X is Cuba, Country Y is El Salvador.

• Country X is the USA, Country Y is Brazil.

Use the information above to answer the following question.

• parliamentary democracy

• constitutional monarchy

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• presidential democracy

Use the student statement to answer the following question. Oscar’s statement: Cuba, Mexico, and Brazil are all examples of democracies in Latin America because in all three countries the citizens vote for the leader.

Is Oscar’s statement about citizen participation in government correct and why?

• No, Cuba only allows citizens to vote for the current president.

• Yes, all three countries are democracies.

• No, Cuba is the only country where citizens can vote.

Cuba is a Latin American country that uses the 1. ___________ form of government.

Brazil is a Latin American country that uses the 2. __________ form of government.

How are Brazil’s and Mexico’s governments similar?

• In both countries, the people vote on the legislature who then selects the leader.

• In both countries, the people elect the leader.

• in both countries, the alien overlords elect the leader.

Use the scenario to answer the following question.

• presidential democracy

• parliamentary democracy

• Muticracy

• Principal democracy

As a good citizen should, Mary votes in every election that she can. She votes for her representative to the legislature, but is not allowed to vote for the leader of the government. What type of government system does Mary vote in?

• parliamentary democracy

• presidential democracy

• Autocracy

• Dictatorship at Shilohville

What statement BEST describes the MAIN difference between a parliamentary and a presidential democracy?

• In a presidential democracy, citizens vote; in a parliamentary democracy, citizens do not vote.

• In a presidential democracy, citizens vote for one person; in a parliamentary democracy, citizens vote for 10 people.

• In a presidential democracy, citizens choose their leader directly; in a parliamentary democracy, citizens choose representatives to select the leader.