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WorksheetsGovernment PreAP
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
True of False
Citizens can change leaders in an authoritarian government by voting them out of office.
Citizens can change leaders in an authoritarian government by voting them out of office.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
2.
Cuba censors the press and tells a newspaper it can't publish stories without government approval.
a)
Democratic
b)
Authoritarian
3.
The North Korean leader's name is the only one on the ballot during an election.
a)
Democratic
b)
Authoritarian
4.
A bill is debated in Congress for 6 months.
a)
Democratic
b)
Authoritarian
5.
What are characteristics of totalitarianism?
a)
leadership with unlimited control
b)
government control of media
c)
ban of democratic ideas
d)
All of the above
6.
A government where a God or divine ones are given the status of supreme ruler?
(Examples: The Vatican, Egyptians, etc..)
(Examples: The Vatican, Egyptians, etc..)
a)
Democracy
b)
Dictatorship
c)
Monarchy
d)
Theocracy
7.
When the central government is run by a small group of people.
a)
Autocracy
b)
Democracy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Parliamentary
8.
What type of government has a king or queen that holds all the power?
a)
Monarchy
b)
Dictatorship
c)
Direct Democracy
d)
Republic
9.
Federal System
a)
a system of shared power by the state and national government
b)
A 3 branch government with a system of checks and balances
c)
sole government with authority in the states
d)
same as a unitary government
10.
Islamic system of law
a)
Purdah
b)
Quran
c)
Ramadan
d)
Sharia
11.
The President is the head of which branch of government?
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Judicial
d)
All 3 Branches
12.
Ruler, king/queen/emperor/empress, etc.), inherits power. Rules by divine right- given power to rule by God.
a)
Theocracy
b)
Democracy
c)
Republic
d)
Monarchy
13.
People elect representatives to make laws/decisions for them, a government without a monarch.
a)
Anarchy
b)
Republic
c)
Dictator
d)
Monarchy
14.
Example: Modern day – England – ruler is a symbolic head of state with elected members of Parliament who govern.
a)
Constitutional Monarchy
b)
President
c)
Dictator
d)
Republic
15.
Example: Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin; censored all books and articles, citizens are terrorized by police; any opposition is sent to labor camps or killed.
a)
Democracy
b)
Theocracy
c)
Republic
d)
Totalitarian
16.
Government run by religious leader/leaders; no separation of church and state.
a)
Theocracy
b)
Democracy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Anarchy
17.
One person is in charge.
a)
Autocracy
b)
Democracy
c)
Oligarchy
18.
The group with power can be based on race or social class.
a)
Monarchy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Democracy
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