SW Asia Government Vocabulary

In this type of government, citizens have a say in their government through voting.

• Democracy
• Monarchy
• Autocracy
• Theocracy

What type of democracy is led by an executive power who is elected separately from the legislature?

• Communist Dictatorship
• Parliamentary Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Presidential Democracy

In this type of democracy, an elected legislature chooses one of its members as Prime Minister to enforce the laws.

• Communist Dictatorship
• Parliamentary Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Presidential Democracy

The head of government in a parliamentary democracy, selected from the largest party, is called what?

• Chancellor
• Prime Minister
• President
• Secretary of State

Israel’s Parliament, made up of 120 elected representatives who serve 4-year terms

• Knesset
• Senate
• House of Representatives
• House of Burgesses

The elected head of a country in a presidential democracy, chief of state

• Chancellor
• Prime Minister
• President
• Secretary of State

A system of government by one person with absolute power

• Republic
• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Autocracy

_____________ of government are separate arms of a government that each have their own powers.

• Bureaus
• Subsidiaries
• Departments
• Branches

In this type of government, religion plays no role in law and policy-making decisions.

• Theocracy
• Secular
• Nonclerical
• Atheist

This is a body of religious law that forms part of the Islamic tradition.

• Torah
• Ten Commandments
• Sharia Law
• Muslim Constitution