Who's in Charge?
What is the title of the United Kingdom's head of government?
Prime Minister
This type of government concentrates nearly all power in one leader.
What is an autocracy?
This country was an autocracy under Adolf Hitler in the 1930s and 40s.
What is Germany?
This is the minimum age to vote in Bundestag elections, according to Article 38 of Germany's constitution.
What is 18?
The UK's parliament and the US's congress both have this number of legislative houses.
What is 2?
This is the title for the head of state in the UK.
What is a monarch?
This type of democracy allows citizens to elect people to make laws for them.
What is a representative democracy?
This country went from a monarchy to a communist republic to a free market republic.
What is Russia?
This document limits government power by defining its powers, setting rules for leaders, and protecting citizens' rights.
What is a constitution?
This term describes a legislature with 2 houses.
What is bicameral?
This is the title of Germany's head of government.
What is a chancellor?
This type of monarchy limits the monarch's powers through a constitution.
What is a constitutional monarchy?
This country has 2 legislative houses: House of Commons and House of Lords
What is the UK?
Article 29 protects people from being forced to publicly share these personal views or convictions.
What are beliefs?
Making laws is the main job of this branch of government.
What is the legislative branch?
This legislative house elects Germany's Chancellor (Hint: Bundestag or Bundesrat)
What is the Bundestag?
The government type in which a prime minister leads the government and relies on support in the legislature.
What is a parliamentary system?
This country has 2 legislative houses: Bundestag and Bundesrat.
What is Germany?
This is the term that means that government leaders must follow laws, and their power has limits.
What is limited government?
In this type of democracy, citizens elect representatives to make laws and decisions on their behalf.
What is a representative democracy?
The president is elected separately from legislature, while the parliamentary leader takes office through legislative support.
Someone who states that "absolute power corrupts absolutely" would support this type of government.
What is a democracy?
This country has 2 legislative houses: the State Duma and Federation Council
What is Russia?
Article 29 protects sharing information about the harms of smoking without this blocking or controlling of information.
What is censorship?
Unlike the head of state, who represents the nation, this leader directs the daily work of governing.
What is the head of government?