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First Nine Weeks Exam Review #1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which form of government would have the LEAST amount of citizen participation?

a)

Democracy

b)

Autocracy

c)

Confederation

d)

Oligarchy

2.

A form of government in which people choose their leader by voting is called?

a)

Democracy

b)

Autocracy

c)

Theocracy

d)

Oligarchy

3.

Type of democratic government where citizens elect MPs (Members of Parliament). The MPs choose a prime minister as chief executive.

a)

Representative Democracy

b)

Presidential Democracy

c)

Parliamentary Democracy

d)

Republic

4.

A person who rules a country with total authority and often in a cruel or brutal way.

a)

President

b)

Prime Minister

c)

Pope

d)

Dictator

5.

How is the president in a presidential democracy like the prime minister in a parliamentary democracy?

a)

They are both in charge of the legislature

b)

Each leader is elected directly by the citizens

c)

They are both in charge of the military and day to day operations of a country

d)

Each leader is elected to serve for a fixed term, which cannot be changed by the legislature.

6.

Which form of government would have the MOST citizen participation?

a)

Confederation

b)

Autocracy

c)

Democracy

d)

Oligarchy

7.

In which form of government would people have the LEAST say in how laws are made?

a)

Autocracy

b)

Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Republic

8.

How do autocratic rulers come to power?

a)

Elected by the people

b)

Appointed by the legislature

c)

Through violence or bloodline

d)

The Electoral College

9.

Legislature is to Parliament as President is to

a)

Dictator

b)

Monarch

c)

Patriarch

d)

Prime Minister

10.

In which system of government do the people elect the executive leader (president) of the government?

a)

Parliamentary Democracy

b)

Presidential Democracy

c)

Autocracy

d)

Oligarchy

11.

In which economic system do consumers make economic decisions based on changes in prices that occur between buyers and sellers?

a)

Communist

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

12.

Which activity is an example of investing in capital goods by a company?

a)

Constructing a new factory

b)

Health Insurance for Employees

c)

Oil

13.

How does having natural resources help the economy of a country?

a)

Companies spend more money because they must buy the natural resources to create more jobs.

b)

The country saves money because it does not have to import natural resources needed by the people.

c)

Companies can export natural resources without having to create goods to sell.

14.

Which is a reason entrepreneurs are good for an economy?

a)

They have good ideas

b)

Their businesses keep natural resources in a country.

c)

Their businesses provide people with jobs

15.

Tariffs and Quotas are alike because they both

a)

Increase trade between countries.

b)

Stop all trade between countries.

c)

Restrict all trade between countries

16.

In which type economic system does the government control what a factory produces and what price it will charge for those products?

a)

Command

b)

Mixed

c)

Market

d)

Traditional

17.

Half of the Earth; determined by either the Equator or Prime Meridian is called

a)

Continents

b)

Spheres

c)

Hemispheres

18.

What is the imaginary line that sits at Zero Degrees LATITUDE?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

19.

Longitude Lines are called...

a)

Meridians

b)

Parallels

20.

A street address is an example of what type of location?

a)

Absolute

b)

Relative

21.

What is the difference between and physical and political map?

a)

A political map shows physical features while a physical map shows countries/ states

b)

A physical map shows physical features while a political map shows countries/ states

22.

What is a compass rose?

a)

It shows the cardinal and/or intermediate directions for a map

b)

It explains the distance between points

23.

Citizens are not allowed to criticize government in a ______?

a)

Autocracy

b)

Democracy

24.

Legislature controls power in government...

a)

Presidential Democracy

b)

Parliamentary Democracy

25.

People simply follow tradition and do whatever their ancestors did (example- If grandfather and dad were fisherman, then son will be a fisherman).

a)

Market

b)

Mixed

c)

Command

d)

Traditional