Gov Systems
Economic Basics
Leaders and Elections
Countries and their Systems
Economic Patterns
100

This government system gives one ruler total control over the people and usually limits freedoms.

What is an autocracy? 

100

This type of economy relies on customs and traditions, sometimes using bartering instead of money.

What is a traditional economy?

100

In this government type, citizens elect the president separately from the legislature.

What is a presidential democracy?

100

This country is the only true command economy in the world today.

What is North Korea?

100

When supply is low and demand is high, this happens to prices in a market economy.

What is they increase?

200

In this form of government, citizens vote and have guaranteed rights like speech and religion.

What is a democracy?

200

In this economy, supply and demand determine what goods cost.

What is a market economy? 

200

In a parliamentary democracy, this group chooses the prime minister.

What is Parliament/legislature? 

200

This democratic country in South Asia selects its prime minister through the majority party in parliament.

What is India?

200

This is a major advantage of a market economy when it comes to meeting consumer needs.

What is goods match consumers wants?

300

This country in East Asia has a ceremonial emperor but is actually run by a parliamentary democracy.

What is Japan?

300

When the government sets production quotas incorrectly, this often happens in a command economy.

What are shortages?

300

Japan invests heavily in this sector because it has few natural resources.

What is technology?

300

This is why China is still considered autocratic even though it has elections.

What is only Communist Party members can run?

300

This basic freedom helps support debate and citizen participation in democracies.

What is freedom of speech?

400

This political party holds most of the power in China.

What is Chinese Communist Party?

400

This is why mixed economies work better than pure command economies.

What is they combine government planning with market freedom?

400

This is one power the president has in a presidential democracy.

What is veto bills/lead executive branch?

400

This country has limited development partly because it blocks foreign investment.

What is North Korea?

400

This is something that helps economies grow—found in free markets but not command systems.

What is supply and demand pricing or private innovation?

500

This government body in China mainly approves decisions already made by leaders.

What is the National People’s Congress?

500

This is one major reason India is still considered an emerging economy.

What is mass poverty?

500

This is something a parliament can do that a presidential system cannot.

What is remove a prime minister through a no-confidence vote?

500

These East Asian democracies have strong economic growth due to innovation and foreign investment.

What is South Korea and Japan?

500

This branch of government creates laws in democracies.

What is legislative branch?

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