Canada's Government Quiz

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1. A government in which citizen elect members to the legislature. Then, the legislature selects the leader. The leader works with or through the legislature.

• A) Autocracy
• B) Presidential Democracy
• C) Parliamentary Democracy
• D) Unitary Government

2. A government with a single ruler with unlimited power, and citizens have little or no role in the government.

• A) Autocracy
• B) Presidential Democracy
• C) Parlimentary Democracy
• D) Unitary Government

3. You are the head of the government in your country. You came to power after your political party gained the majority of seats in legislature and then elected you to be the leader of the government. Which form of government do you have?

• A) Autocracy
• B) Presidential Democracy
• C) Parlimentary Democracy
• D) Confederation

4. Who has the ceremonial role of the Head of State in the UK?

• A) Prime Minister
• B) President
• C) Monarch
• D) Chancellor

5. The ______________________ represents the British Monarch in Canada.

• A) Prime Minister
• B) President
• C) Monarch
• D) Governor general

6. Canada's legislature is bicameral. The word bicameral means ____________________

• A) two terms of office.
• B) two people in charge.
• C) meets twice a year.
• D) two houses.

7. In Canada the citizens vote for members of the _______________ in the Parliament. Then, the prime minister comes from the majority party from this group.

• A) Senate
• B) House of Commons
• C) House of Lords
• D) House of Representatives

8. A democracy is

• A) a type of government that is governed by one leader with little citizen involvement.
• B) a type of government that is governed as a single power in which the central government is ultimately supreme
• C) a type of government that is ruled by the people.
• D) a type of government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch who reigns over a state or territory

9. __________________ is the common name given to the legislature in a parliamentary democracy.

• A) Parliament
• B) Congress
• C) Federal Republic
• D) House of Representatives