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WorksheetsFormative #10: SW Asia's Government and Economics
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
If a country has a Prime Minister who is selected by the legislature, how would you describe that type of government?
a)
Autocratic Democracy
b)
Presidential Democracy
c)
Parliamentary Democracy
d)
Confederate Democracy
2.
In which type of democracy are the legislative and executive branches separated and the leader, who is chosen by the people, is not able to be fired?
a)
Parliamentary Democracy
b)
Empirical Democracy
c)
Confederate Democracy
d)
Presidential Democracy
3.
Which form of government has a single ruler who makes all the decisions taking the power out of the hands of the people?
a)
Oligarchy
b)
Autocracy
c)
Democracy
d)
Confederacy
4.
In which form of government does the general population have a large amount of participation in the government?
a)
Democracy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Autocracy
d)
Federal
5.
Which country has a Prime Minister as head of government, a Parliament that is called the Knesset, and has personal freedoms like the United States?
a)
Turkey
b)
Israel
c)
Jordan
d)
Saudi Arabia
6.
In which country would the leader inherit the title from the previous leader?
a)
Saudi Arabia
b)
Turkey
c)
Israel
d)
Iraq
7.
What feature does Saudi Arabia and Israel's governments have in common?
a)
Do not have a written constitution
b)
A hereditary monarch
c)
Equal rights for women
8.
In which country are the laws based on the Qu'ran, the holy book of Islam?
a)
Israel
b)
Turkey
c)
Saudi Arabia
d)
None of the Above
9.
This country recently changed from a parliamentary democracy to a presidential democracy in 2019.
a)
Saudi Arabia
b)
Israel
c)
Turkey
d)
Syria
10.
What does O.P.E.C. stand for?
a)
Oil producing expert countries
b)
Outstanding Petroleum export countries
c)
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
d)
Organization of People Exporting Crude Oil
11.
Which trade barrier involves taxing imported goods to make domestically produced goods more favorable to consumers?
a)
tariff
b)
quota
c)
embargo
d)
blockade
12.
What organization’s members are shown in green on the map above?
a)
United Nations
b)
OPEC
c)
European Union
d)
NAFTA
13.
Based on the graph, which sector takes the largest percentage of UAE GDP?
a)
Oil and Gas
b)
Financial Sector
c)
Manufacturing
d)
Real Estate and Business Services
14.
. Based on the news headline above, Iran has probably increased their investment in what factor of production?
a)
Capital Resources
b)
Human Capital
c)
Natural Resources
d)
Entrepreneurship
15.
According to this chart, which country is likely to have the MOST economic freedom in regard to entrepreneurship?
a)
Iran
b)
Israel
c)
Turkey
d)
Saudi Arabia
16.
What can be concluded by studying this chart?
a)
The Middle East is not very welcoming to people wanting to start a business.
b)
Iran has more economic freedom than any of the other countries.
c)
A business can be started quicker in the Middle East compared to the world average.
d)
Israel is the most restrictive country in the world when it comes to starting a business.
17.
Based on the economic continuum, Israel is the closest of the 3 Middle Eastern countries to a pure market economy.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Which of the following is NOT a way to improve a country's GDP?
a)
Increase Government Regulations
b)
Invest in Human Capital
c)
Invest in Capital Goods
d)
Encourage Entrepreneurs
19.
Which trade barrier completely forbids or bans trade with another country usually because of political reasons?
a)
Tariff
b)
Quota
c)
Embargo
d)
Blockade
20.
Which trade barrier is where a limit is put on the amount of goods that can be imported in order to make domestic goods more favorable to consumers?
a)
Quota
b)
Embargo
c)
Tariff
d)
Veto
21.
Why is it important for countries to have a system of exchanging currency?
a)
Exchanging currency makes goods cheaper.
b)
Banks are not able to handle different currencies.
c)
The USD is the best currency.
d)
This makes it possible to buy and sell goods between countries with different currencies.
22.
The government controls most of the oil industry in this country.
a)
Israel
b)
Turkey
c)
Saudi Arabia
d)
Lebanon
23.
Which factor of production would have the BIGGEST impact on a country's literacy rate?
a)
human capital
b)
capital resources
c)
natural resources
d)
entrepreneurship
24.
How does the presence of entrepreneurs help a country's economy?
a)
Entrepreneurs help to create jobs.
b)
Entrepreneurs contribute to embargoes.
c)
Entrepreneurs help to create natural resources.
d)
Entrepreneurs contribute to decreases in literacy rates.
25.
Which statement BEST describes an economic reason why Israel has a 99% literacy rate compared to a 79% literacy rate in Iran?
a)
Israel is smaller in size than Iran, so it can afford more teachers.
b)
Israel spends a smaller percentage of its GDP on education than Iran does.
c)
Israeli law calls for mandatory military service for men and women.
d)
Israel spends around 7% of its GDP on education while Iran only spends 3% of its GDP.
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