Political Geography Test

Which are features of Democracy?

• Democracy is a form of government in which the rulers are elected by the people.

• Elections offer a choice and fair opportunity to the people to change the current rulers

• The choice and opportunity is available to all the people on an equal basis

• All the above

In a constitutional monarchy, who has the real power or control?

• The Monarch

• The Elected Officials

• The President

How is a constitutional monarchy also like a democracy?

• The royal family has unlimited power.

• Citizens have power, rights, and freedoms.

• Citizens follow tradition and are loyal to the ruler.

• Power is handed down from parent to child, generation to generation.

Choose all of the answers that apply: What are the characteristics of a constitutional monarchy?

• The monarch only has certain functions, and is only a symbol for the whole country.

• There are laws about property and who gets to be the next monarch.

• The monarch makes all the laws

• It is a form of government that is a democracy and has a constitution

What are features of an Oligarchy?

• Rule by few, often rich and powerful people, the citizens have limited rights.

• Rule by One, the citizens have no rights, often live in poverty.

• Rule by the people, citizens vote for policies, have many rights

• Citizens vote for representatives who vote on policies, the citizens have unlimited rights.

This form of government exists when a single ruler has absolute control over people'd lives:

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

Which three countries were involved in the triangular trade?

• Great Britain, Australia, Africa

• Africa, India, Canada

• Africa, America (South & North), Great Britain

• South America, France, Portugal

3 sided trade route between the 13 Colonies, the West Indies, and Africa; included the slave trade

• mercantilism

• charter

• triangular trade

• cash crop

What kind of boundary separates India from the rest of Asia

• Cultural

• Geometric

• Natural/Physical

• Transitional

Cyprus is divided between which 2 countries?

• France & Belgium

• Iran & Jordan

• Italy & Greece

• Greece and Turkey