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EUROPE GOVERNMENT EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: What is a monarch?

Answer:

Someone who inherits their title and/or power through the bloodline (like a king or queen)

Question 2: Who chooses the head of government in Germany and the UK?

Answer:

parliament/legislature

Question 3: What is a president?

Answer:

an person elected to lead a country (can be in both a presidential and parliamentary democracy) Question 4: How is the role of citizens in selecting the head of government in the United Kingdom and Germany similar?

Answer:

In both countries, citizens indirectly elect the head of government. Citizens elect members of the legislature who then select the head of government.

Question 5: Which country has many restrictions on the rights of citizens?

Answer:

Russia

Question 6: What is legislature?

Answer:

a group of people within a government that has the power to make or change laws.Question 7: Which form of government has: rights, freedoms, voting, and free elections?

Answer:

democracy

Question 8: What is a prime minister?

Answer:

head of government in a parliamentary democracy Question 9: What is one difference between parliamentary democracy and a presidential democracy?

Answer:

In a Parliamentary democracy, citizens vote for representatives who then choose the head of government; in a Presidential democracy, citizens vote for representatives and the executive leader Question 10: In which European country do citizens vote for both the president AND one house in the legislature?

Answer:

Russia Question 11: Which government has: -one ruler holding the power -limited rights & freedoms for citizens -few opportunities for citizens to participate in government -citizens have little choice in who leads the government

Answer:

autocracy

Question 12: What is a presidential democracy?

Answer:

form of government in which the executive branch is elected separately from the legislative branch (people vote directly for both) Question 13: Which BEST compares and contrasts the roles of citizens in the German and Russian governments?

Answer:

German citizens can vote for representatives in one house of their legislature. Russian citizens can vote for representatives in one house of their legislature and for their president.

Question 14: What is autocracy?

Answer:

form of government with rule by one person with absolute power (people do not vote and have few rights) Question 15: How is government leadership different in the United Kingdom and Russia?

Answer:

In the United Kingdom, the monarch is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government; in Russia, the president is the head of state and the head of government.

Question 16: What is a parliamentary democracy?

Answer:

system of government in which citizens elect representatives to a legislative parliament to make the necessary laws and decisions for the country (parliament then chooses the prime minister, not the people)

Question 17: How can a citizen of a DEMOCRATIC nation influence the government?

Answer:

vote

Question 18: What is democracy?

Answer:

a form of government in which power rests with the people, either directly or through elected representatives. (people vote and have many rights)

Question 19: How are the governmental systems of Russia and Germany different?

Answer:

In Russia the head of government is voted on by the citizens, but in Germany the head of government is chosen by the legislature.

Question 20: What is an example of an autocracy?

Answer:

dictatorship