SW Asia Governments Flashcardizz

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What type of government has one person possessing unlimited power and citizens have limited role?

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Autocracy

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In this government, supreme power is given to the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation involving free elections.

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Democracy

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Government in which citizens elect members of Parliament, and then the members of Parliament select the leader.

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Parliamentary

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A system of government in which the leader is constitutionally independent of the legislature and directly elected by the citizens.

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Presidential

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What state was created in 1948 by the United Nations for a homeland for the Jewish people?

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Israel

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If a government leader largely plays a ceremonial role and does not hold any real power, that person is often called a...

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figure head

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Turkey and Israel are both ____________ whose citizens play a key role in choosing the government leaders.

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democracies

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There are several countries in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, who are __________________ where the king holds complete power and citizens have little say.

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monarchies

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This is the chief executive of the government of Israel who works closely with the legislature or the Knesset.

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Prime Minister

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Israel's Knesset, or legislature, has one governing body. This is called _______________.

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unicameral