citizens vote for the legislature as well as directly vote for the chief executive or head of government
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Autocracy
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one single ruler, citizens have no power
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Citizen Participation
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How citizens can influence their government
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Democracy
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everyone one has power, everyone can vote
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the head of the government is a member of legislature
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Which best describes how a parliamentary democracy differs from a presidential democracy?
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Consititution
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written set of laws for a country
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President
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the chief executive of a government
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Parliamentary Democracy
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a democratic form of government in which the citizens vote for the legislature and the legislature then elects or selects the chief executive or head of government
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Head of Government
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​an elected or appointed official of the state who is in charge
of the government; hold the true power
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autocracy
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Which type of government would most likely abolish all free elections?
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Head of State
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​the chief public representative of a country
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Legislature
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The main difference between presidential and parliamentary governmental systems is that in a parliamentary system the chief executive is chosen by the______________________________.
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Voting
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The most basic way that citizens of a democracy can influence the government
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Prime Minister
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the name given to the head of government; chief executive in some parliamentary democracies
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Parliament
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the name often given to the legislative branch in a parliamentary democracy, they make laws