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100
This statement BEST describes citizen participation in Brazil and Mexico
What is citizens vote for both members of the legislative and executive branches?
100
How prime ministers in parliamentary democracies are different from presidents in presidential democracies
What is presidents are elected by the people, while prime ministers are chosen by legislatures?
100
I am a 42-year-old proud citizen of my country. I love my country and my fellow citizens, but I wish I had more say in how my country is governed. I can vote for some local politicians, but they are always from the same party—the same party as the leader of the country. I have no say in who leads the country and controls the economy.
What is I live in Cuba?
100
What is the Cuban Revolution?
200
Correctly contrast the Brazilian and Cuban governments.
What is in Brazil, people can vote for government officials, and there are multiple political parties; in Cuba, people can vote for government officials, but all candidates are members of the same party?
200
Typically true in a single-party state like Cuba
What is the views of citizens are not truly represented in government?
200
Sofia lives in a Latin American country where all the leaders of the government are elected directly by the people for a specific length of time. The leaders are expected to represent the interests and wishes of citizens.
What is she lives in a presidential democracy?
200
How Latin America has been impacted by the emigration of large number of its citizens
What is that Latin America has been impacted by the emigration of large number of its skilled citizens?
300
What goes with #2
What is citizens elect members of the legislature for both?
300
TWO ways the governments of Brazil and Mexico are similar.
What is both are democratic and presidential, and both have citizens elect people to represent them in the legislature?
300
Pedro lives in a Latin American country where the leaders of both the executive and legistlative branches of government are elected by the people for a specific length of time. Where does he live, and what type of government can be found there...
What is Brazil or Mexico in a Presidential Democracy?
300
In the seventeenth century, Brazil was one of the world's leading exporters of sugar. This was very profitable for Portugal, which colonized Brazil in the early 1500s. Sugar also played a significant role in the development of the Caribbean in the eighteenth century. The crop caused conflict between Europeans powers trying to control the region, particularly the island of Jamaica. One result of these economic developments...
What is the expansion of the African Slave Trade?
400
What belongs at #1
What is the executive and legislative branches are separate?
400
Factor that is the MOST important to consider when determining whether a government is a presidential democracy or a parliamentary democracy
What is the separation between executive and legislative power in the government?
400
In Martin's country there is a clear separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of the government. Oftentimes the judiciary must step in to decide if one of the branches acted beyond its powers. Even though the executive is powerful, Martin feels well-represented because citizens can vote on who serves as members of the legislature and who will be the executive. Based on this information, what conclusion can be drawn about Martin's country...
What is that it is a presidential democracy?
400
Result of slave trade between Africa and the Americas
What is Africa brought their native languages and religion to Latin America and these influenced culture in the region?
500
Name of country and rationale this picture can express.
What is Cuba where it is an autocracy because the exeutive has gone crazy and thinks he is above the laws and the people?
500
One key difference between democratic and autocratic governments
What is in democratic governments, political power rests with the citizens. In autocratic governments, all political power is held by a single leader?
500
As a good citizen should, Yesenia votes in every election that she can. She votes for her representative to the legislature, but is not allowed to vote for the leader of the government.
What is a parliamentary democracy?
500
--Dictatorship
-- Absolute Monarchy
-- One person with unlimited power
What is an autocracy?