Final Exam Review

In Saudi Arabia, the government is ruled by a monarch which means that the Saudi Royal Family (the House of Saud) rules the country and claims that their rule is divinely ordained. What type of government is Saudi Arabia?

• An Oligarchy

• A Confederation

• An Autocracy

• A Democracy

Which factor of production MOST DIRECTLY influences economic growth by encouraging the creation of new businesses?

• investment in capital resources

• investment in entrepreneurship

• investment in natural resources

• adopting a common currency

Which political feature is the arrow pointing at?

• Israel

• Persian Gulf

• Euphrates River

• Strait of Hormuz

Which statement is most likely correct?

• Iraq and Oman often have disputes over the use of freshwater from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

• Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates often have disputes over the use of freshwater in the Persian Gulf.

• Turkey and Saudi Arabia often have disputes over the use of freshwater in the Persian Gulf.

• Turkey, Syria, and Iraq often have disputes over the use of freshwater from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

Which factor of production is entrepreneurship?

• Natural resources used to produce goods and services

• Machinery and tools used to produce goods and services

• The skill of combining the factors of production to produce goods and services

• The work that people contribute to produce goods and services

What is the goal of the Kurdish National Movement?

• To gain natural resources

• Racist

• To gain their own homeland

• OPEC

Which of the following usually has the MOST power in a parliamentary democracy?

• the judiciary

• the legislature

• the military

• the president

In a presidential democracy, the head of government is a part of what branch of government?

• the executive branch

• the judicial branch

• the legislative branch

• the military branch

Which country has more mineral resources than every country except the United States and Russia and controls about 12 percent of all of the world's mineral resources?

• India

• China

• Japan

• North Korea

The issue of the succession of the Caliph caused a split between which TWO branches of Islam?

• Shia

• Kharijite

• Sufism

• Sunni

• Ahmadiyya