WorksheetsEUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS (SS6CG3)
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Type of government characterized as ruled by one person, usually a dictator or an absolute monarch.
a)
autocracy
b)
democracy
c)
oligarchy
d)
monopoly
2.
Type of government in which it is ruled by a small group of wealthy people have the political power.
a)
autocracy
b)
democracy
c)
oligarchy
d)
aristocracy
3.
Which of the following types of governments is characterized as the citizens having the power?
a)
autocracy
b)
democracy
c)
oligarchy
d)
anarchy
4.
A legislature that is bicameral has ____ legislative houses.
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
four
5.
The Bundestag and Bundesrat is the legislature of which of the following countries?
a)
United Kingdom
b)
Russia
c)
Germany
d)
Italy
6.
The House of Commons and House of Lords are the the legislative houses of which of the following nations?
a)
Germany
b)
Russia
c)
United Kingdom
d)
United Arab Emirates
7.
Federal Council and the State Duma are the legislative houses of what country?
a)
Germany
b)
Poland
c)
Russia
d)
United Kingdom
8.
"Basic Law" is the name of the constitution of which European nation?
a)
Russia
b)
Germany
c)
United Kingdom
9.
Chancellor is the official title of the chief executive of what country?
a)
Germany
b)
Russia
c)
United Kingdom
d)
Ukraine
10.
In a parliamentary democracy, the citizens directly elect the executive leader of the government.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Prime minister is the chief executive in which of the following types of governments?
a)
Presidential democracy
b)
Parliamentary democracy
c)
Autocratic dictatorship
d)
Absolute monarchy
12.
_________ in another name for the king or queen.
a)
Supreme
b)
Monarch
c)
Dictator
d)
To
13.
In Germany, the head of government- the Chancellor- serves a four year term, and takes office upon winning a majority of the vote in the Federal Parliament.
a)
presidential democracy
b)
parliamentary democracy.
c)
constitutional monarchy.
d)
benevolent oligarchy.
14.
Both the United Kingdom and Germany can be said to have a ____ system of government.
a)
monarchy
b)
presidential democracy
c)
totalitarian
d)
parliamentary democracy
15.
In Russia, the President serves a six year term, and takes office upon winning a majority of the popular vote.
a)
totalitarian dictatorship
b)
constitutional monarchy
c)
parliamentary democracy
d)
presidential democracy.
16.
Which of these European countries had a government in the 1930s and early 1940s that was autocratic?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
17.
In Germany, the head of government is the chancellor. The position of chancellor is very much like the position of ___ in the United Kingdom.
a)
queen
b)
president
c)
prime minister
d)
chief of staff
18.
In the United Kingdom, the head of government- the Prime Minister- takes office as the leader of the majority party in Parliament, or as the head of the majority coalition.
a)
unitary republic
b)
totalitarian monarchy
c)
presidential democracy
d)
parliamentary democracy
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