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Governments

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a Government?

a)

The office, function, or authority of a ruling individual or body.

b)

the management of a government or large institution.

c)

An area of land; a region.

d)

Something that indicates a border or limit

2.

What is a Territory?

a)

A succession of rulers from the same family or line

b)

The office, function, or authority of a ruling individual or body.

c)

the management of a government or large institution.

d)

An area of land; a region.

3.

What is Administration?

a)

the management of a government or large institution.

b)

The office, function, or authority of a ruling individual or body.

c)

Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.

d)

A succession of rulers from the same family or line

4.

What is a Boundary?

a)

Something that indicates a border or limit

b)

An area of land; a region.

c)

A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority.

d)

The office, function, or authority of a ruling individual or body.

5.

What is a Democracy?

a)

Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.

b)

A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them.

c)

A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority.

d)

A government in which a single ruler is vested with absolute power

6.

What is a Republic?

a)

A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them.

b)

Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.

c)

A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority.

d)

A government in which a single ruler is vested with absolute power

7.

What is an Empire?

a)

A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority.

b)

A government in which a single ruler is vested with absolute power

c)

An ancient Roman magistrate appointed temporarily to deal with an immediate crisis or emergency.

d)

A succession of rulers from the same family or line

8.

What is a Tyranny?

a)

A government in which a single ruler is vested with absolute power

b)

An ancient Roman magistrate appointed temporarily to deal with an immediate crisis or emergency.

c)

A succession of rulers from the same family or line

d)

Government by the citizens deemed to be best qualified to lead.

9.

What is a Dictator?

a)

Government by the citizens deemed to be best qualified to lead.

b)

A government in which a single ruler is vested with absolute power

c)

A succession of rulers from the same family or line

d)

An ancient Roman magistrate appointed temporarily to deal with an immediate crisis or emergency.

10.

What is a Dynasty?

a)

A succession of rulers from the same family or line

b)

Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.

c)

A political or territorial unit ruled by a sovereign.

d)

A sovereign state consisting of an independent city and its surrounding territory.

11.

What is an Aristocracy?

a)

Government by the citizens deemed to be best qualified to lead.

b)

Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.

c)

Belief in the existence of a god or gods

d)

Devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation-state.

12.

What is an Oligarchy?

a)

Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families (usually negative connotation).

b)

A succession of rulers from the same family or line

c)

Government by the citizens deemed to be best qualified to lead.

d)

Something that indicates a border or limit

13.

What is Nationalism?

a)

Devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation-state.

b)

An ancient Roman magistrate appointed temporarily to deal with an immediate crisis or emergency.

c)

A succession of rulers from the same family or line

d)

Government by the citizens deemed to be best qualified to lead.

14.

What is a Colony?

a)

A group of emigrants or their descendants who settle in a distant territory but remain subject to or closely associated with the parent country

b)

A political or territorial unit ruled by a sovereign.

c)

A sovereign state consisting of an independent city and its surrounding territory.

d)

Absence of any form of political authority.

15.

What is a Kingdom?

a)

A political or territorial unit ruled by a sovereign.

b)

A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them.

c)

A sovereign state consisting of an independent city and its surrounding territory.

d)

Absence of any form of political authority.

16.

What is Feudalism?

a)

system of service between a lord and the vassals who have sworn loyalty to the lord

b)

Devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation-state.

c)

A group of emigrants or their descendants who settle in a distant territory but remain subject to or closely associated with the parent country

d)

A political or territorial unit ruled by a sovereign.

17.

What is Communism?

a)

A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy

b)

A group of emigrants or their descendants who settle in a distant territory but remain subject to or closely associated with the parent country

c)

A political or territorial unit ruled by a sovereign.

d)

A sovereign state consisting of an independent city and its surrounding territory.

18.

What is a City-state?

a)

A sovereign state consisting of an independent city and its surrounding territory.

b)

Absence of any form of political authority.

c)

Something that indicates a border or limit

d)

Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.

19.

What is Anarchy?

a)

Absence of any form of political authority.

b)

A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy

c)

Government ruled by or subject to religious authority.

d)

Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.

20.

What is a Theocracy?

a)

Government ruled by or subject to religious authority.

b)

Absence of any form of political authority.

c)

A political or territorial unit ruled by a sovereign.

d)

system of service between a lord and the vassals who have sworn loyalty to the lord