Government Systems
Types of Governments
Democratic Governments
Governments of Southwest Asia
Citizen Participation
100
Power is in the hands of the central government.
What is a unitary system?
100
The person or group who makes the government decisions in an autocracy.
What is one person?
100
The leader in a presidential system.
What is a president?
100
This country could be described as a parliamentary democracy.
What is Israel?
100
Citizens do not vote.
What is an autocracy?
200
Power is in the hands of the local or state governments.
What is a confederation?
200
The name of a leader in an autocratic government.
What is a king, queen, dictator, or emperor?
200
The leader in a parliamentary system.
What is a prime minister?
200
This country could be described as a monarchy.
What is Saudi Arabia?
200
Citizens have some rights, and may occasionally vote.
What is an oligarchy?
300
An example of a confederation.
What are OPEC and the UN?
300
The type of government in which a small group of leaders make the decisions.
What is an oligarchy?
300
The branch of government who makes the laws and chooses the prime minister.
What is the legislature?
300
The type of leader in Saudi Arabia's monarchy.
What is a king?
300
Citizens vote for leaders and representatives in the government.
What is a democracy?
400
Power is shared between local and central governments.
What is a federal system?
400
An example of a country with an oligarchic government.
What is Iran?
400
In this system, the leader is chosen in a separate election.
What is a presidential system?
400
This country has an oligarchy.
What is Iran?
400
In this type of government, citizens vote for members of the legislature but do not directly choose the country's leader.
What is a parliamentary democracy?
500
Powers may be divided among the local, state, and central governments.
What is a federal system?
500
Citizens vote and make the government decisions.
What is a democracy?
500
This leader is chosen by the political party with the most representatives in the legislature.
What is a prime minister?
500
The leader(s) of the government in a theocracy.
What are religious leaders?
500
The country in the Middle East with the most citizen participation.
What is Israel?
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