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WorksheetsFirst Nine Weeks Exam Review #1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which form of government would have the LEAST amount of citizen participation?
Democracy
Autocracy
Confederation
Oligarchy
A form of government in which people choose their leader by voting is called?
Democracy
Autocracy
Theocracy
Oligarchy
Type of democratic government where citizens elect MPs (Members of Parliament). The MPs choose a prime minister as chief executive.
Representative Democracy
Presidential Democracy
Parliamentary Democracy
Republic
A person who rules a country with total authority and often in a cruel or brutal way.
President
Prime Minister
Pope
Dictator
How is the president in a presidential democracy like the prime minister in a parliamentary democracy?
They are both in charge of the legislature
Each leader is elected directly by the citizens
They are both in charge of the military and day to day operations of a country
Each leader is elected to serve for a fixed term, which cannot be changed by the legislature.
Which form of government would have the MOST citizen participation?
Confederation
Autocracy
Democracy
Oligarchy
In which form of government would people have the LEAST say in how laws are made?
Autocracy
Democracy
Oligarchy
Republic
How do autocratic rulers come to power?
Elected by the people
Appointed by the legislature
Through violence or bloodline
The Electoral College
Legislature is to Parliament as President is to
Dictator
Monarch
Patriarch
Prime Minister
In which system of government do the people elect the executive leader (president) of the government?
Parliamentary Democracy
Presidential Democracy
Autocracy
Oligarchy
In which economic system do consumers make economic decisions based on changes in prices that occur between buyers and sellers?
Communist
Command
Mixed
Which activity is an example of investing in capital goods by a company?
Constructing a new factory
Health Insurance for Employees
Oil
How does having natural resources help the economy of a country?
Companies spend more money because they must buy the natural resources to create more jobs.
The country saves money because it does not have to import natural resources needed by the people.
Companies can export natural resources without having to create goods to sell.
Which is a reason entrepreneurs are good for an economy?
They have good ideas
Their businesses keep natural resources in a country.
Their businesses provide people with jobs
Tariffs and Quotas are alike because they both
Increase trade between countries.
Stop all trade between countries.
Restrict all trade between countries
In which type economic system does the government control what a factory produces and what price it will charge for those products?
Command
Mixed
Market
Traditional
Half of the Earth; determined by either the Equator or Prime Meridian is called
Continents
Spheres
Hemispheres
What is the imaginary line that sits at Zero Degrees LATITUDE?
Prime Meridian
Equator
Longitude Lines are called...
Meridians
Parallels
A street address is an example of what type of location?
Absolute
Relative
What is the difference between and physical and political map?
A political map shows physical features while a physical map shows countries/ states
A physical map shows physical features while a political map shows countries/ states
What is a compass rose?
It shows the cardinal and/or intermediate directions for a map
It explains the distance between points
Citizens are not allowed to criticize government in a ______?
Autocracy
Democracy
Legislature controls power in government...
Presidential Democracy
Parliamentary Democracy
People simply follow tradition and do whatever their ancestors did (example- If grandfather and dad were fisherman, then son will be a fisherman).
Market
Mixed
Command
Traditional
