Vocabulary
Head of government title in Germany
chancellor
Voting is mandatory here and it was established in 1924
Australia
Form of government that puts the power of government in the citizens
What is democracy?
Voting of 18-70 year olds is mandatory in this country and they have a presidential democracy
What is Brazil?
Political Party in Cuba
Cuban Communist Party
Political division similar to a state
Province/ Territory
In a parliamentary democracy, this leader may have to resign if the legislature passes a vote of no confidence.
Prime minister
In this country, the president is head of state while the chancellor leads the government.
Germany
Voting is voluntary here and their turnout is usually between 60% and 70%
Canada
the type of democracy that citizens elect nation's legislature _________ and that group elects the leader called the ________________
Parliamentary; prime minister
Organization with shared agenda/positions
Political Party
Presidential Democracy that vote every 6 years
Mexico
Similarity between Mexico and Brazil democracies.
Presidential Democracy
Brazil and the United Kingdom both have democratic governments, but they choose their national leaders differently. What is one major difference?
Brazil is presidential and U.K. is parliamentary. Brazil chooses their leader and the U.K. chooses members of the parliament that elect the prime minister
A group of neighbors notices a problem in their community. They organize a meeting, gather support from other citizens, and work together to ask local leaders to make a change. What type of citizen participation is this?
Community Organizing
Power held by one leader or small group
Autocratic
A system where voters choose a national leader directly is often led by a
President
Process for removing a president from office
Impeachment
country that has one political party
Cuba
What is the title of the head of government in both Australia and Canada?
Prime Minister
Legislature with two houses
Bicameral
The country is democratic on paper but runs their system like an autocracy
Russia
A citizen believes a government decision violates their rights and wants to challenge it through the legal system. What form of civic participation could they use?
Using the courts.
Citizens use this form of participation to choose the leaders who will represent them in government.
Voting
A student says, “A country must be democratic if it has elections.” Do you agree or disagree? Use what you know about citizen choice and political competition to explain your answer.
Disagree. Elections alone do not guarantee democracy; citizens need meaningful choices, competition, and the ability to participate.