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EAST AFRICA COLLEGE

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Assignment 3 for Degree Students

FILL UP ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION IN THE SPACE PROVIDED BELOW.

Full Name: ________________________ Course Name: Morality and

Civics
Id No.: _________________ Course Code: CESt 1013

Department: ________________ Year____Term______________Total Value = 10%

PART I: Write “True” if the statement is correct and write “False” if it’s incorrect

1. Constitutions are similar everywhere in the World

2. unlike flexible constitutions, rigid constitutions are easily amendable
3. Indirect democracy widely applied at today than earlier times
4. Every state with constitution exercises constitutionalism
5. All actors of democracy compete for political power

PART II: Match the items given under column “A” with the correct combination given
under column “B”
A B
1. procedural democracy A) focus on results of democracy
2. Substantive democracy B. made Ethiopia a Republic for the first time
3. Indirect Democracy C. introduced a federal state
4. the PDRE constitution(1987) D. focus on process of democracy
5. the FDRE(1995) constitution E. Representative democracy
F. Pure Democracy
PART III: Choose the best answer from the given alternatives and write the letter of your
choice on the space provided
1) As principle of democracy , the term equality refers to:-
A. equal treatment of citizens before the C. equity in public resource distribution
law D. all
B. equal access to opportunities E. none
2) Which of the following states has unwritten constitution:

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 A. Germany E. France
B. Great Britain
C. USA
D. Brazil
3) Which one of the following documents served as constitution before 1931 in Ethiopia
A. Fitha Negest( law of kings) D. Negaret Gazeta
B. Kebre Negest (glory of Kings) E. none of the above
C. Sirate Mengist
4) The FDRE constitution differs from other constitutions for;-

A. proclaiming Ethiopia a republic D. establishing a federal state structure

B. introducing bicameral parliament E. all of the above
C. introducing three organs of
government

5) In one of the following states Constitutionalism is more likely to exist,

A. totalitarian D. oligarchy
B. democracy E. none of the above
C. autocracy

6) A principle which says “the police and the army should be neutral and not be politically
partisan”, refers to:-
A. rule of law D. accountability
B. supremacy of constitution E. transparency
C. neutrality of state institutions

7) Which one of the following is actor of democratization process

A. mass media D. Civil Society Organization
B. Non Governmental Organization E. all of the above
C. political party

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PART IV: Fill the blank for the following statements

1. Based on amendment procedure constitution is classified into two

as___________________&_____________________________
2. The federal government and federal state of Ethiopia today respectively is headed by
a____________________& a _________________________
3. The two ways/forms/ of applying democracy in the World today
are________________&________________