Fourth Six Weeks Mr. Rios World Geo Quiz

Which of the following is a defining feature of a government?

• It establishes and enforces rules for a group of people and requires sovereignty, legitimacy, and jurisdiction.

• It is formed solely to manage trade and economic interests.

• It only governs through agreements made with other countries.

• It is responsible for creating new laws without any limitations.

____________ is a type of political conflict that inspires fear and includes any violent and destructive act committed to intimidate a people or a government.

• Socialism

• Anarchism

• Syndicalism

• Terrorism

А ____ boundary often follows straight lines and does not account for physical features.

• cultural

• ethnic

• geometric

• natural

 a system of government in which a small group holds power

• A. autocracy

  
  

• B. theocracy

• C. monarchy

• D. democracy

• E. oligarchy

 a system of government in which a hereditary king or queen holds

supreme power

• A. autocracy

  
  

• B. theocracy

• C. monarchy

• D. democracy

• E. oligarchy

 a system of government in which leaders rule with consent of

the citizens.

• A. autocracy
  

• B. theocracy

• C. monarchy

• D. democracy

• E. oligarchy

Political boundaries, typically referred to as _____ , can change due to wars or treaties.

• margins

• borders

• frames

• frontiers

What distinguishes a representative democracy from a direct democracy?

• Citizens directly participate in lawmaking in a representative democracy.

• Leaders are chosen by inheritance in a representative democracy.

• Citizens elect leaders to make decisions on their behalf in a representative democracy.

• A representative democracy has no elections.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is led by a king. The king appoints a Council of Ministers to help govern, but there are no elections. Saudi Arabia's Basic Law states that the country's constitution is the Islamic holy book the Qur'an and other religious traditions.

Forms of Government: _________, and ________.

• Theocracy

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Representative Democracy

a system of government in which one person rules with unlimited power and authority

• A. autocracy

• B. theocracy

• C. monarchy

• D. democracy

• E. oligarchy