Benchmark #1 Review

How has the building of dams created problems for countries sharing rivers in SW Asia?

• Dams are too expensive to build to be practical.

• Dams limit the water available to countries further downstream.

• Few countries have the technology needed to be able to build dams.

• Countries in SW Asia are not allowed to build dams along shared rivers.

Based on the map, what conclusion can be drawn about the water resources of Iraq?

• Baghdad is in the middle of a desert.

• There is no relation between population and water availability.

• Most of the water resources must be in the southern and western parts of the country.

• The population indicates that more water resources are in the eastern parts of the country.

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

• the ruler

• the people

• the court system

• the elected legislature

What country is represented by number 4?

• Saudi Arabia
• Israel
• Turkey
• Iraq

How is the leader of a parliamentary system chosen?

• the monarch or king

• a popular vote of the people

• a decision by the national courts

• the political party with the most representatives in the legislature

Which are the 2 most democratic governments in SW Asia?

• Israel and Iran

• Turkey and Israel

• Saudi Arabia and Iraq

• Israel and Saudi Arabia

What type of government does Saudi Arabia have?

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• democracy

• confederation

Turkey is led by a prime minister. The prime minister is a member of the Grand National Assembly. What type of government is Turkey?

• oligarchy

• autocratic monarchy

• presidential democracy

• parliamentary democracy

Which would be a problem for a community with a traditional economy?

• People in the villages find ways to make their products more efficiently.

• The price of advanced electronics, like computers, begins to rise rapidly.

• People in the country begin to want and need products that cannot be made or traded locally.

• Older villages take on younger workers to learn to make the products they have been producing.

Why do most economies in the world today operate somewhere in between a market economy and a command economy?

• Most consumers want government control of the economy.

• Government control makes a market economy more profitable.

• Government control of some aspects of the economy has never been successful in the modern world.

• Most economies have found they need a mix of free market and some government control to be successful and protect consumers.