Grade 9 Revision

Grade 9 Revision

Government: Definition

• the group of people with the authority to govern a country or state; a particular ministry in office.

Types of government

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Anarchy

• Monarchy

Multiple Select

Which type of government ALWAYS allows citizens to vote? Choose all that apply.

Select all the options that apply.

• Monarchy

• Direct democracy

• Representative democracy

• Dictatorship

Multiple Choice

What is a government?

• an organization that keeps order, sets rules, and provides services for a society

• a society with a culture

• a system where people produce, sell and buy goods

• adding territory to a country

Multiple Choice

A dictator does not control education.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The type of government present in Saudi Arabia is a pure monarchy.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The United Arab Emirates and the United States have a similar government system, what is this system called?

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Federal

Multiple Choice

Governments that are represented by the Crown are called...

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

• Democracy

Multiple Choice

Governments that are headed by a religious figure are called...

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Democracy

Open Ended

Why are governments important?

Multiple Choice

What type of government is this?

No one is in control under this governmental system.

• Theocracy

• Anarchy

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

Open Ended

Governments are said to be important, give THREE reasons why we need government.

Open Ended

Democracy means "government for the people by the people." How do people decide their leaders in a democracy?

Multiple Choice

What type of government did they have in Ancient Mesopotamia?

• Authoritarian

• Dictatorship

• Theocratic monarchy

• Democracy

Ancient civilizations had varied forms of government.

• Mesopotamia started out with a type of government similar to democracy then changed to a Theocratic monarchy.

• Ancient Egypt was similar to Mesopotamia.

• Ancient China had a despotic monarchy

• Ancient Greece democracy.

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the writing system in Mesopotamia?

• Hieroglyphics

• Phoenicians

• Cuneiform

• Arabic

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the Earliest group of people to inhabit the Middle East region called Mesopotamia?

• Sumerians

• Egyptians

• Babylonians

• Phoenicians

Multiple Choice

Sumerians organized themselves into what was know as...?

• City-states

• Emirates

• States

• Province

Open Ended

List three roles of the government in Ancient Egypt

Ancient China

• Ancient China was governed by emperors who ruled over dynasties

• Ancient Chinese believed in the Confucius system

• The mandate of heaven was crucial to leaders in Ancient China.

• The mandate of heaven said that rulers were destined to rule by a command from heaven

Multiple Choice

What is the mandate of heaven?

• said that rulers were destined to rule by a command from heaven

• A document that tells the leader the time

• It specify how the country must be governed

• It was to protect the leaders

Multiple Choice

What were oracle bones used for?

• Writing and telling stories

• Building the Great Wall of China

• Asking for advice from the gods

• Cooking

Multiple Choice

What type of government did they have in Ancient China?

• Despotic monarchy

• Monarchy

• Theocratic monarchy

• Democracy

Multiple Choice

All of the following are dynasties in Ancient China except?

• Zhou

• Ying

• Xia

• Shang

Open Ended

How did people in Ancient China select their leaders?

Multiple Choice

Why is Mesopotamia called the fertile crescent?

• They have a lot of moon

• They have rich soil from the Tigris and Euphrates

• Their traders have a lot of money

• The people did not like to plant crops

Multiple Choice

Punishment for minor crimes included all the following except?

• exile

• drowning

• beatings

• fines