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CIVICS VOCAB 1

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In Swaziland, officially known as the Kingdom of Eswatini, the rich King Ngwenyama and his very rich mother, Queen Ndlovukati, rule together. What kind of government is this?

a)

Plutocracy

b)

Aristocracy

c)

Diarchy

d)

Theocracy

2.

Calia is the Minister of Finance. She later hires her father as the Director of Finance, and her mother as the Director of Financial Investments, in his ministry. What concept best describes Calia's actions?

a)

Favortism

b)

Nepotism

c)

Partisanship

d)

Preferential Treatment

e)

None of the above

3.

Mr. McPhee rules his classes with an iron fist. He is a __________.

a)

King (this is clearly the right answer)

b)

Rex

c)

Tyrant

d)

Saddam Hussein's Brother

4.

This year the national count of the population may have been postponed due to the pandemic. This count gives the government a general understanding of who lives in the Bahamas. What is this called?

a)

Population

b)

Census

c)

Average

d)

Statistics

5.

The Johnsons left the Bahamas in search of a better life in Canada. We know them to be clear examples of?

a)

Citizens

b)

Illegals

c)

Aliens

d)

Refugees

6.

These people are elected to serve and represent the country. They are later "hired" by the PM to work in varying areas of the country. They are called?

a)

Members of Parliament

b)

Cabinet Minister

c)

Senator

d)

Permanent Secretary

7.

This group of Russian businessmen accumulated mass wealth at the end of the Soviet Union in the 1990's. Together they control Russia.

a)

Theocracy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Aristocracy

d)

Diarchy

8.

Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz was the absolute ruler of Saudi Arabia until his death in 2015. He was succeeded by his half-brother Salman. What system is this?

a)

Rex

b)

Plutocracy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Theocracy

9.

The government of Iran is a mixed government. Contrary to popular belief, the country has a supreme leader, president and several councils. However, the laws of the constitution are based on Islamic law. In addition to democracy, what system of government is Iran mixed with?

a)

Dictatorship

b)

Theocracy

c)

Autocracy

d)

Diarchy

10.

The Vatican government follows the laws and teaching of the Catholic religion. The Pope is the ruler of the country, sometimes called the Holy See, and delegates powers to legislative, executive and judiciary authorities. What system of government is this?

a)

Theocracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Plutocracy

11.

Grace Hollowesko was captured trying to smuggle her way into the Bahamas from Europe. She was detained and then sent back to Britain at her own expense. What is this?

a)

Evacuation

b)

Transportation

c)

Alien

d)

Deportation

12.

"A government for the people, by the people and of the people." This phrase is usually used to describe what system of government?

a)

Autocracy

b)

Democracy

c)

Plutocracy

d)

Monarchy

13.

"People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a [system of] government of the rich." What system of government is this?

a)

Democracy

b)

Aristocracy

c)

Plutocracy

d)

Monarchy

14.

After Hurricane Matthew made landfall in Haiti in 2016, the storm left 200,000 homes in its wake of destruction. An estimated 1.5 million citizens were left in need of aid. Groups of Haitian people left Haiti together in search of a better life. What is this human movement known as?

a)

Immigration

b)

Migration

c)

Alienship

d)

Fleeing

15.

Grace Hollowesko returned to the Bahamas after she was sent back and applied for citizenship. 20 years later, after meeting the required criteria, she was made a citizen. What is this process known as?

a)

Immigration

b)

Refugeeship

c)

Citizenship

d)

Naturalization

e)

None of the above

16.

A member of a country officially belonging to a country with certain rights, privileges and responsibilities called a __________?

a)

Alien

b)

Citizen

c)

Immigrant

d)

Rex

17.

Before Grace Hollowesko (who was born in Europe) became a citizen in the Bahamas, she lived in Spanish Wells for 10 consecutive years. She was known as a what?

a)

Immigrant

b)

Trail Citizen

c)

Alien

d)

A Karen

18.

*BONUS*


What system of government has no system of government at all?

a)

Chaos

b)

Civil Disobedience

c)

Anarchy

d)

Nihilism