Southwest Asia Governments Formative Assessment

Name the components of the Saudi Arabian government.

• executive branch, legislative branch, judicial branch
• Knesset and Prime minister
• monarch, prime minister, House of Commons
• monarch, Shariah, and Consultative council

Saudi Arabia is ruled by a 

• king
• representative government
• popularly elected president
• group of leading religious leaders

What role do the people play in a government that is a monarchy such as Saudi Arabia?

• They have the power to vote in a government that is a monarchy such as Saudi Arabia
• The people get to approve the laws made by the ruler.
• They have little influence, as the ruler makes most decisions. 
• They are guaranteed certain rights by their written constitution. 

What is Sharia law?

• laws made by the king alone
• laws based on parliamentary democracy.
• laws based on the teachings of the Quran.
• laws calling for a separation of church and stated. 

Who makes most of the important governmental decisions in an autocracy?

• the ruler
• the people 
• the court system
• an elected legislature

Which Southwest Asia country has a democratic system of government?

• Iran
• Israel
• Kuwait
• Saudi Arabia

Which type of government allows its citizens more participation in its government?

• autocracy
• oligarchy
• democracy

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

• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Parliamentary democracy
• Presidential democracy

A system of government where the real executive power is vested in a cabinet, which is made up of members of the legislature who are individually and collectively responsible to the legislature. May have a Prime Minister elected by the legislature. EXAMPLE: Israel.

• Presidential democracy 
• Parliamentary democracy 
• Autocracy
• Oligarchy

What is the main DIFFERENCE between a presidential democracy and a parliamentary democracy?

• A President controls a country and a Prime Minister controls a state.
• A Prime Minister does not belong to a political party while a President always does.
• A Prime Minister has more power than a President.
• A President is elected directly by the citizens, while a Prime Minister is elected by the Legislature.