Types of Governments

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What citizenship practice best characterizes a dictatorship? Options: voting to elect those opposed to the dictator, attending demonstrations to show support of the government, writing letters to newspaper attacking government policies, joining a political party opposed to the government

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attending demonstrations to show support of the government

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Which characteristics are shared by political cultures of the United States, Great Britain and Mexico? Options: a union of political and religious authority, a hereditary monarch, a totalitarian government, a democratically elected national legislature

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a democratically elected national legislature

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In the upcoming elections in your country, which type of government would allow you to choose representatives to make decisions on your behalf?

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Democracy

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What type of government has a leader who has absolute power?

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Dictatorship

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What kind of government does a nation have if a queen rules and the throne passes to her daughter when she dies? Options: a monarchy, a theocracy, a dictatorship, a representative democracy

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a monarchy

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What type of government recognizes God or a divine being as the ultimate authority?

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Theocracy

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A military leader seizes control of a government during a revolution. He has complete control and kills anyone who opposes him. What kind of government does this nation have?

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a dictatorship

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What kind of government do some nations in the Middle East have if Islam is the state religion and their citizens must practice this religion? Options: a monarchy, a theocracy, a dictatorship, an oligarchy

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a theocracy

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The first form of this government was started in Athens, Greece.

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Democracy

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A country run by a collection of wealthy individuals such as the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) is what type of government?

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Oligarchy