Opening: Thursday, November 05, 2020

Which nation has a unicameral (one-house) legislature known as the Knesset?

• Egypt

• Israel

• Iran

• Palestine

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

• A parliamentary democracy does not have a judicial branch.

• A parliamentary democracy does not have an individual executive but a presidential democracy does.

• A presidential democracy does not have an equivalent to Parliament, the parliamentary democracy's legislative branch.

• A presidential democracy allows the population to choose the executive, but a parliamentary democracy allows the legislature to choose the executive.

European powers and the United States have tried to encourage _________ in the Middle East.

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Monarchy

Countries led by kings and religious leaders tend to have more ______ forms of government.

• oligarchic

• democratic

• monarch

• autocratic

Rule by one person, usually a king or queen, who has total authority over the government.

• Presidential Democracy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Parliamentary Monarchy

In a ________________ the chief executive is selected by Parliament.

• Presidential Democracy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Constitutional Monarchy

In a ________________ the chief executive is selected by the people.

• Presidential Democracy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Constitutional Monarchy

In an autocratic government the ____ serves as the country's head of government and head of state.

• King

• Citizens

• President

• Prime Minister

government in which the citizens vote for the legislature and the legislature then elects or selects the chief executive or head of government (usually called the prime minister)

• presidential
• parliamentary
• oligarchy
• autocracy

government where one person has absolute power and the citizens have little or no rights

• autocracy
• democracy
• oligarchy
• theocracy