Vocabulary
This is a document that explains the laws and structure of a government.
What is a constitution?
In a constitutional democracy, these people vote for the leaders.
Who are the citizens?
This group of people chooses the Prime Minister in Canada.
What is the Parliament?
This country is an example of a communist dictatorship.
What is Cuba?
This person has complete or unrestricted power.
Who is a dictator?
What are the legislative branch, executive branch and judicial branch?
This will happen if the Parliament loses confidence in the Prime Minister?
What are new elections or removal of the Prime Minister?
True of False: Cuba has a system of checks and balances.
False.
This system prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
What is checks and balance?
A president wants to create a law that violates the Constitution. This branch could stop it.
What is the Judicial Branch?
The House of Commons is also known as this.
What is the Parliament?
Explain why people may be afraid to speak out of against the government.
The can be punished or killed.
This branch of government decides if the laws follow the Constitution.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This branch makes the laws as well as determines how to spend money collected form taxes.
What is the legislative branch?
Canada recognizes the King or Queen of England as its __________________.
What is Head of State?
Explain two ways that Cuba's government affects people's lives.
Media is controlled.
Businesses are shut down.
No freedom of speech.
The United States has a bicameral system. Which means the legislative branch is made up of two houses or groups of people. Our Congress is made up of _____________ and _______________.
Who are the House of Representatives and Senate.
These members help the President make important decisions.
What is the Cabinet?
The Parliament is broken up into two legislative bodies known as ____________ and ________________.
What is House of Commons and Senate?
This person can overrule any member of the government's decision.
The dictator