Communism
What type of government does India have?
Parliamentary Democracy
What type of government does Japan have?
Parliamentary Democracy/Constitutional Monarchy
What type of government does North Korea have?
Autocracy/Dictatorship
Presidential Democracy
A system of government in which executive power is held by a member of the legislature
parliamentary
Which country is a single-party state?
China
"This is my country and I will lead it as I see fit. If anyone dares to question my leadership, I will have them thrown in prison."
What type of government does the speaker most likely lead?
autocracy/dictatorship
Which type of government do citizens have the LEAST control over their government? Name one of the SEA countries that has this type of government.
Autocratic. China or North Korea
Which Korea do citizens have the MOST freedom?
South Korea
What is the only party allowed in China?
Communist Party
A democracy in which the legislature creates laws and a separate, executive branch enforces the law. Parliamentary or presidential?
Presidential
The governments of many democratic nations are based on the governments of the colonial powers that colonized them. This is a reason that more democracies are (presidential/parliamentary) than (presidential/parliamentary)
parliamentary; presidential
In which type of government do citizens directly elect the head of government in a general election?
presidential democracy
Which SEA countries are parliamentary democracies?
India and Japan
A small group of nonelected people make all the government decisions in which country?
China
Name one of the two ways in which the government structure of China makes it difficult for Chinese citizens to speak out against human rights abuses and change government policies.
China has a single political party, the government can enact policies with little resistance.
China has an unlimited government that uses censorship and force to suppress political opposition.
A key difference between presidential and parliamentary democracies is the _________ of powers between the ________ and __________ branches.
Separation; Executive; Legislative
I am Yoshi, and my family and I once lived in the Fukishima Prefecture of Japan. In 2011, our prefecture was evacuated after a tsunami caused a nuclear power plant to melt down. We were very angry with the government's response to the crisis and we all voted against our current representatives in the National Diet in the hopes they would remove Prime Minister Naoto Kan from office. While we distrusted many in government, we were comforted by Emperor Akihito's moving speech following the crisis, even though the emperor has little real political power.
Which country is being described AND what type of government does it have?
Japan; Constitutional monarchy/parliamentary democracy
A democracy in which the legislature creates and enforces laws. Parliamentary or Presidential?
parliamentary
How is a prime minister in a parliamentary democracy chosen?
People vote for representatives in parliament/legislature, then the majority party chooses the executive head or prime minister.