Big Picture
This country has a government where leaders are elected and there is no king or queen
What is a republic?
In all three countries, this person is the head of government.
Who is the president?
This branch of government makes the laws.
What is the legislative branch?
All three countries have this written document that explains powers and rights.
What is a constitution?
Which country elects its president through Parliament instead of a popular vote?
What is South Africa?
South Africa is best described as this type of republic where the president is chosen by Parliament.
What is a Parliamentary Republic?
In South Africa, the president is chosen by members of this group.
What is the National Assembly (or Parliament)?
South Africa’s legislature is officially called this.
What is Parliament?
What is Parliament?
This idea means the constitution is the highest authority in the country.
What is constitutional supremacy?
Which two countries use popular elections to choose their presidents?
What are Kenya and Nigeria?
Kenya and Nigeria both have this type of government system where the president is elected by the people.
What is a Presidential Republic?
In Kenya and Nigeria, the president is elected directly by this group.
Who are the voters (the people)?
Kenya and Nigeria both have this type of legislature with two houses.
What is a bicameral legislature?
South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria are all examples of this type of government system.
What is a constitutional democracy?
This country has the largest population and a federal presidential system.
What is Nigeria?
This is the main difference between South Africa’s system and Kenya’s system of government.
What is how the president is elected (Parliament vs. the people)?
This is one reason South Africa’s president depends more on the legislature than Kenya’s president does.
What is that Parliament can remove the president through a vote of no confidence?
This is one role legislatures play in all three countries besides making laws.
What is overseeing the executive branch or approving budgets?
This constitutional principle prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
What is separation of powers?
This comparison best explains how Kenya and South Africa differ in executive power.
What is Kenya’s president is directly elected, while South Africa’s is elected by Parliament?
This term describes a system where executive and legislative powers are shared but structured differently in each country.
What is a democratic constitutional government?
This term describes systems like Kenya’s and Nigeria’s where the president has significant independent power.
What is a strong presidential system?
This difference helps explain why South Africa’s legislature has more influence over its president than Nigeria’s does.
What is the legislature elects the president in South Africa?
This constitutional feature protects citizens’ freedoms and limits government power.
What is a bill of rights?
This statement best summarizes how all three governments are similar.
What is they are democratic republics with written constitutions?