Governments in Southwest Asia

Type of government where 1 person possesses unlimited power & citizens have limited role in government

• Democracy

• Parliamentary

• Autocracy

• Presidential

Type of government where power is vested in the people & exercised by them through a system of elected representatives

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Parliamentary

• Presidential

Type of government where citizens elect members of Parliament, and then the members select the leader

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Parliamentary

• Presidential

Type of government where the leader is constitutionally independent of the legislature; citizens directly elect leader - leader works separate from legislature

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Parliamentary

• Presidential

Turkey and Israel both have ______________ whose citizens play a key role in choosing the government leaders.

• Autocratic governments

• Democratic governments

• Parliamentary governments

• Presidential governments

For the most part, democracy has been slow to develop in SW Asia & many countries have ________________ governments.

• Presidential

• Bi-Cameral

• Parliamentary

• Autocratic

Saudi Arabia has a _______________ form of government where the King holds complete power and citizens have little say.

• Autocratic

• Democratic

• Parliamentary

• Presidential

Israel has a _________ __________ who is the chief executive of the government with the most political power.

• Prime Minister

• Crown Prince

• Autocratic King

• Powerful President

The Israeli parliament.

• Ayatollah
• knesset
• senate

What do the governments of Turkey, Israel, and Iran all have in common?

• the citizens all get to elect the president of their country

• the citizens get to elect leaders in their government

• the citizens all get to elect their king

• the citizens all get to elect the prime minister