Culture and Government

What cultural characteristics do each of the following countries share?

Indonesia

Jordan

Saudi Arabia

Turkey

• Religion

• History

• Language

• Government

What is the term used when an ethnic group wholly blends with a larger, central culture?

• Diffusion

• Annihilation

• Acculturation

• Assimilation

If people living in a region share the same language, religious beliefs, and heritage, you could probably say that they have the same _____?

• Genes

• Politics

• Family

• Culture

The items listed below are characteristics of which type of government?

Head of the government is a Prime Minister

Head of state is often a King or Queen

• Autocratic

• Oligarchic

• Presidential

• Parliamentary

Christianity is an example of what component of culture?

• Values

• Economics

• Geography

• Language

How does a dictatorship MOST differ from a democracy form of Government?

• In a dictatorship, the power of the government is limited.

• In a democracy, citizens share in governing and being governed.

• In a dictatorship, individuals have the final say in government.

• In a democracy, no limits are placed on individual rights and freedoms

Which statement BEST describes why the United States government can be called a representative democracy?

• People elect members of Congress to make laws.

• All citizens debate issues and vote on every law.

• Power is shared between the nation and the states.

• Division of power exists among the three branches.

Which form of government would have the MOST amount of citizen participation?

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Monarchy