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Fast and the Curious Rise of Dictators

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which political system is characterized by voting, individual rights, and political freedoms?

a)

Republicanism

b)

Fascism

c)

Totalitarianism

d)

Capitalism

2.

Which type of government believes that the country is more important than the individual?

a)

communism

b)

fascism

c)

democracy

d)

theocracy

3.

What is the theory of government in which a single party or leader rules every aspect of country and its people?

a)

totalitarianism

b)

capitalism

c)

republicanism

d)

republican democracy

4.
What is a dictator?
a)
A person that has absolute control over a nation and its people
b)
A person that is elected by the people and answers to their will
c)
A person that runs the government with limits to their power
d)
A person that rules a nation fairly and justly
5.

Which word best describes a general increase in prices and a fall in the purchasing value of money?

a)

Deflation

b)

Inflation

c)

stagnation

d)

stock market

6.

What happens during a depression?

a)

unemployment is low and stock markets and investment increase, inflation is low

b)

unemployment rates are high, inflation is high, stock market prices drop

7.

What happened to Germany after the the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

their economy boomed

b)

economic and political instability

c)

their economy stabilized

d)

military power increased

8.

In which economic system are INDIVIDUALS in charge of owning land, resources, and factories?

a)

Communism

b)

Socialism

c)

Capitalism

9.

Greed is a possible weakness of which economic system?

a)

Capitalism

b)

Communism

c)

Socialism

d)

Republicanism

10.

Lack of innovation and competition is a weakness of which economic system?

a)

capitalism

b)

Communism

c)

republicanism

11.

There is a greater divide between people with high incomes and low incomes in which system?

a)

Socialism

b)

Communism

c)

Capitalism

12.

Which economic system seeks to distribute wealth more equally?

a)

Capitalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Communism

13.

Competition is encouraged in which system?

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Socialism

14.

Which economic system seeks to completely wipe away ALL social class and establish equality?

a)

Capitalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Communism