Government Mastery Check

What do "good" governments do better than others

• Create resources

• Organize resources

• Export resources

• Discover resources

Which of the following are examples of resources that can be 'organized' by 'good' governments?

• natural resources

• capital

• knowledge

• Labor

• All of the above

Match the following

• Leader has total power

• Absolutism

• 1 leader w/total power to decide things

• Monarchy

• Gov't, people, & industry work together

• Dictator

• Leadership held by one family

• Totalitarian

• Leader/gov't is in control of everything

• Fascism

which best defines a theocracy

• Gov't and industry leaders work together to legitimize the religion

• Gov't leader is head of state and church

• Gov't allows for multiple religions

• Gov't has increased nationalism and promotes military over religion

Which of the following best describes "democrcy"

• A gov't system where people choose their government and/or laws

• A gov't system where the people are randomly selected to hold power

• A gov't system that must include several branches of gov't

• A gov't system with a president and supreme court

Kaiser, Tzar, Prime Minister, and Mansa are all examples of

• Totalitarian government leaders

• Name of a Leadership position

• Oligarchy based leaderships

• Dictators that require excess nationalism

Which of the following do governments use to legitimize their power (choose all that apply)

• Religion

• Laws & enforcement

• Taxes

• Flags

A coup d'etat is best defined as

• A revolution sponsored by the wealthy industry leaders

• A military takeover from an outside entity

• A revolution lead by the military and military leaders

• A revolution that only occurs when there is not enough food to eat