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WorksheetsGovernment Basics
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
What type of government has a king, queen or emperor with total power?
Democracy
Absolute Monarchy
Constitutional Monarchy
Theocracy
What type of government takes various forms, but has only one person in charge, backed by a strong military?
Autocracy
Dictatorship
Democracy
Oligarchy
What is the name for the absence of government?
Democracy
Dictatorship
Autocracy
Anarchy
What type of government is run by a few, usually rich and powerful, people?
Oligarchy
Theocracy
Monarchy
Republic
What type of government do we have in the United States?
Republic
Democracy
Oligarchy
Theocracy
What type of government is usually run by a dictator?
Democratic
Republican
Anarchist
Totalitarian
What is NOT something a place must have in order to be a state?
A flag
People
Laws
A way of enforcing laws
Is Utah a state according to what we learned in class?
Yes, because it fits all of the requirements
No, because it misses several requirements
No, because it misses one requirement
What is the definition of SOVEREIGNTY?
Not having anyone or anything in authority above you
Having your own government
Making your own laws
Being run by a dictator
Which of the following is NOT a way new territory can be obtained?
By negotiation, through treaties
in war
through purchase
through tradition
A body of people, living in a defined space, with the power to make and enforce laws (and an organization to do so that is its own highest authority) is the definition of a _____________.
population
state
government
municipality
Which of the following is NOT a role of government?
Keeping order
Protecting the state
Deciding traditions
Making laws
Providing services
The ability to rule absolutely within a territory is the official definition of
government
policy
subordination
sovereignty
Utah is not sovereign because it still has to follow U.S. laws
True
False
All STATES must have...
Land with boundaries
People
Laws
Sovereignty
Straight line boundaries are also called ____________ boundaries
Regular
Geometric
Obtuse
Concurrent
Which of the following are NOT typically boundaries between states?
Streets
Mountains
Deserts
Rivers, lakes, oceans
which of the following sets of countries was NOT established along religious lines?
Northern Ireland and Ireland
India and Pakistan
Croatia and Serbia
Who controls Antarctica?
Several countries each control a portion of it
No countries control it, the world share's it for research
The U.S., Russia, Argentina and Peru
Australia, The United States, Germany and Poland
A country completely surrounded by ONE other country is an ___
enclave
exclave
island
peninsula
A part of a country that is completely separated from the rest of the country is an ___________________
enclave
exclave
compound enclave
compound exclave
The Law of the Sea has to do with
Enclaves and Exclaves
the amount of land a country has claim to off of its shoreline
what constitutes a crime on the oceans of the world
piracy and smuggling
How far offshore does a countries sovereignty go?
ten miles
fifteen miles
twelve miles
200 miles
