Governments of Africa
This type of democracy allows the legislature to choose the head of government
What is a parliamentary democracy?
Citizens in a democracy have this power.
What is the ability to vote?
This industry makes up 60% of South Africa’s GDP
.What is trade?
Government instability in Africa negatively impacts this.
What is the standard of living?
This worldwide conflict was “cold” because the U.S. and Soviet Union never fought directly.
What is the Cold War?
The head of government in South Africa holds this title.
What is Prime Minister?
One key difference between a presidential democracy and a parliamentary democracy is how this person is chosen.
Who is the head of government?
This factor is the strongest contributor to a country’s GDP.
What is education and training?
Increased education and training lead to this economic effect.
What is an increased standard of living?
This frozen continent is home to penguins, but not polar bears.
What is Antarctica?
This African country has a presidential democracy where citizens vote directly for the head of state.
What is Nigeria?
Name three freedoms citizens enjoy in a democracy.
What are freedom of speech, voting rights, and the ability to run for office?
When a country focuses on producing specific goods efficiently, it is called this.
What is specialization?
civil war, famine, and interruption of trade?
What are three consequences of military and political conflict in Africa?
This legendary hockey moment saw the U.S. defeat the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
What is the Miracle on Ice?
This type of government grants one leader absolute power.
What is an autocratic government?
Lack of free speech, arresting political opponents, and election fraud?
What are characteristics of an autocratic government.
This economic system is a blend of command and market economies.
What is a mixed economy?
Political corruption, lack of foreign investment, and trade barriers all impede trade in this African country.
What is Nigeria?
The infamous winter in this country helped defeat Napoleon and Hitler.
What is the Russian Winter?
In this type of government, citizens vote for lawmakers, but the leading party chooses the leader of the country.
What is a parliamentary democracy?
In a presidential democracy, this is how the president is elected.
What is by direct vote of the citizens?
These three questions must be answered by all economic systems.
What are: What to produce? How to produce? Who will consume the goods?
Exchange rates exist because of this reason.
What is the need for businesses to be paid in their own country’s currency?
In 2003, Outkast asked "What's cooler than being cool?"
ICE COLD