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Governments of Africa Study Guide
(SS7CG1, SS7CG2, SS7CG3)
Directions: Answer the following questions on a sheet of notebook paper.
1. In a unitary government, who has the most power?
2. In a confederation, who has the most power?
3. In a federal government, who has the most power?
4. Who makes most of the important decisions in an autocracy?
5. Who makes most of the important decisions in an oligarchy?
6. Why do the individual voters have more power in a democracy than an autocracy or oligarchy?
7. Which branch of government is responsible for making and carrying out the laws in a
Parliamentary democracy?
8. Who is the leader in a parliamentary democracy?
9. What are characteristics of the two main forms of democracy?
10. Who chooses the leader in a parliamentary democracy?
11. What is the head of state like in a parliamentary democracy?
12. Which branch of government makes the laws in a presidential democracy?
13. How is the president chosen in a presidential democracy?
14. What is the role of the president regarding the laws passed by the legislature?
15. What is one main difference between a president and a prime minister?
16. What is the literacy rate in the Republic of Kenya?
17. What is the literacy rate in the Republic of Sudan?
18. How do the literacy rates for boys and girls compare in both Kenya and Sudan?
19. What percentage of Kenyan children attends elementary school?
20. What organization is primarily responsible for improvements in Kenya’s educational system?
21. Why are literacy rates for girls lower than those for boys in both Kenya and Sudan?
22. What is a “dowry”?
23. What is one factor that has caused the Republic of Sudan to pay less attention to education?
24. What is the literacy rate in the Republic of South Sudan?
25. What is the rate of HIV/AIDS infection like in Sub-Saharan Africa?
26. What factors play a role in the spread of HIV/AIDS? (4)
27. What often happens to the children of those infected with HIV/AIDS?
28. Why don’t more Africans infected with HIV/AIDS take the anti-retroviral drugs (AVT’s), which
can slow down the progress of the disease?
29. How does the HIV/AIDS rate in Zimbabwe compare to the rest of the African countries’ rate?
30. How has the government of Nigeria responded to the HIV/AIDS crisis?
31. How has the government of Botswana responded to the country’s high rate of HIV/AIDS
infection?
32. How do political conflicts sometimes lead to famine?
33. What sort of political conflict led to famine in the African country of Angola?
34. How do millions of people in South Sudan get food today?