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goverments

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Question 1 
what government includes a king or queen ruling  It  ?
a)
monorochy 
b)
theocracy 
c)
direct democracy 
d)
oligarchy 
2.
What are human rights?
a)
The right to a private school
b)
The rights to good food
c)
The rights that all people should have as humans.
3.
A representative is someone who...
a)
someone who is in charge of all the branches of government.  
b)
someone who acts and speaks on your behalf. 
c)
someone who acts and speaks for your dog. 
4.
A citizen is...
a)
someone who belongs to a country or lives in a particular place
b)
someone who owns a dog
c)
someone who is a member of a school
d)
someone who belongs to the government
5.
What is the form of government described below?
One man leads North Korea and controls its government. He also controls its ruling political party. The ruling party chooses candidates for an Assembly, and citizens vote. The candidates do not have opponents, so the citizens do not have choices.
a)
Democracy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Dictatorship
6.
Which is the oldest form of government?
a)
Dictatorship
b)
Monarchy
c)
Democracy
7.
What are the two types of democracies?  
a)
Direct, Indirect
b)
Representative , Indirect
c)
Indirect, Direct 
d)
Representative, Direct
8.
An oligarchy is...
a)
A.) small, wealthy group in power
b)
B.) a large group in power that is elected by the people
c)
C.) 1 person in power
9.
This ruler has absolute power
a)
Prime Minister
b)
Constitutional Monarchy
c)
Absolute Oligarchy
d)
Absolute Monarchy 
10.
In what type of government can citizens vote for their leaders?  
a)
Wattstopia
b)
Absolute Monarch 
c)
Democracy 
d)
Oligarchy
11.
All of the following are examples of types of government EXCEPT
a)
Democracy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Federation 
d)
Autocracy 
12.
In an autocracy, is the leader elected fairly?
a)
A.) Yes
b)
B.) No
13.
A queen rules a nation. When she dies, the throne will pass to her daughter. What kind of government does this nation have? 
a)
a monarchy 
b)
a theocracy
c)
a dictatorship
d)
a representative democracy
14.
Some nations in the Middle East have Islam as the state religion. Their citizens must practice this religion. What kind of government do these nations have? 
a)
a monarchy 
b)
a theocracy
c)
a dictatorship
d)
an oligarchy
15.
What is a government?
a)
a group of corporations that control laws
b)
a group of people who overthrow the leaders
c)
a nation that has no leaders 
d)
a person or group of people who control a country
16.
What is theocracy?
a)
The ruler (usually a king or a queen) inherits power.
b)
The monarch is a symbolic head of state and shares power with a legislature.
c)
A government is given power by the governed.
d)
Government is controlled by a religious person.
17.
What is a monarchy?
a)
The ruler (usually a king or a queen) inherits power.
b)
A government is given power by the governed.
c)
The monarch is a symbolic head of state and shares power with a legislature.
d)
A form of government in which people choose leaders by voting.
18.
Define democracy.
a)
A government is given power by the governed (people).
b)
Dictatorship, form of government in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations.
c)
A dictatorship with total control over all aspects of life.
d)
absence of government and absolute freedom of the individual, regarded as a political ideal.
19.
What type of government is ruled by force? 
a)
Theocracy 
b)
Democarcy
c)
Dictatorship 
d)
Monarchy 
20.
This type of government typically has the most freedoms:
a)
Democracy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Theocracy
d)
constitutional monarchy 
21.
People have no say in government and no rights
a)
democracy
b)
monarchy
c)
dictatorship