What is a Democracy and Monarchy?

What does the phrase SOVEREIGN POWER (主权) mean? 主权是什么意思？

• The ultimate power to make all the laws of a country .

• The ultimate power to create the government of the country

• All of the above.

Under the Meiji Constitution of 1889 who had the Sovereign Power in Japan?

• Citizens of Japan

• The Emperor of Japan

• The Government of Japan.

Under the Constitution of Japan 1947 who had the Sovereign Power in Japan?

• The Citizens of Japan

• The Emperor of Japan

• The Government of Japan.

Which person ruled as an Emperor that had real power and as an Emperor who was just a figure head.

• Emperor Meiji

• Emperor Taisho

• Emperor Hirohito

• Emperor Naruhito

In a...............................................the Monarch does not have absolute power. The Monarch's power to make laws, enforce laws and to run the country are limited by a Constitution and they have to share power with other people in the government.

• Absolute Monarchy

• People's Republic

• Democracy

• Constitutional Monarchy

In a Monarchy how is the new King or Queen selected?

• All Citizens vote to elect a new King.

• The King or Queen selects who will be King or Queen after they die.

• The first son of the King becomes the King.

When a small select group of very powerful, important and rich people get together to vote for a new King this is a........

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Democracy

• Elective Monarchy

• Absolute Monarchy

Which Japanese Constitution says that in,

"Chapter 1, Article III. The Emperor is sacred and inviolable."

• The Meiji Constitution of 1889

• The Constitution of Japan (1947)

Who used to rule Japan before Emperor Meiji took power and ruled over Japan again in 1867?

• The Tokugawa Shoganate

• Ashikaga Shogunate

Which of the following statements about Constitutions is false? 下列关于宪法的叙述中，哪些是错误的？

• A Constitution tells us what a government can and cannot do.

• A Constitution tells us what are the rights and freedoms that a citizen has.

• A Constitution is a legal document 法律文件.

• A Constitution tells it readers about the history of their country.