SEA Government Pt 1: India, Japan, S. Korea

Citizens participate in government by:

• voting in elections

• ignoring laws

• avoiding civic duties

• refusing to pay taxes

Fill in the blank: In an ________, citizens have a very limited role in government; one person has all of the power.

• autocracy

• democracy

• oligarchy

• republic

Fill in the blank: In a ________, supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation involving free elections.

• democracy

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• dictatorship

According to the passage, Southern and Eastern Asia have a number of which types of governments?

• Only democratic governments

• Only autocratic governments

• Both democratic and autocratic governments

• Only Communist governments

In the autocracies mentioned in the passage, who holds the autocratic power?

• The citizens

• The Communist Party

• The President

• The military

Fill in the blank: China and North Korea are both (a)   governments where state control is high and citizens’ rights are limited.

What are the two types of democratic governments?

• Parliamentary and Presidential

• Monarchy and Dictatorship

• Federal and Unitary

• Oligarchy and Theocracy

In a parliamentary system, who elects the leader?

• Citizens directly

• Members of Parliament

• The legislature

• The President

In a presidential system, how is the leader chosen?

• Citizens directly elect the leader, who works separately from the legislature.

• The leader is appointed by the legislature.

• The leader is chosen by the judiciary.

• The leader is selected by a council of ministers.

In a parliamentary system, the leader works with or through the legislature.

• True

• False