Government Types
1 person has unlimited power
Autocracy
What two countries in SW Asia Middle East are both democracies whose citizens play a key role in choosing government leaders?
Turkey and Israel
This is the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula.
Saudi Arabia
Israel's legislature is named this.
Knesset
What is the title of the chief executive of the legislature in Israel?
Prime Minister
Supreme Power is vested in the people or citizens
Democracy
Saudi Arabia has this form of autocracy
Absolute Monarchy
The country that was not established until May 14, 1948
Israel
In this country, of Saudi Arabia the ______ has complete control and their laws are based on this. (Two part answer)
The king and the Quaran or Islamic Law (Shari'a)
What is the title of the chief executive in Saudi Arabia and how long does he serve (two part answer)
King/serves for life.
Type of democracy that citizens do not elect the leader of government
Parliamentary Democracy
In this country, the citizens chose to change their form of government from a parliamentary democracy to a presidential democracy in 2018
Turkey
Since WWII this country has had many attempted (some successful) overthrows of the government by the military (called a coup)
Turkey
What is the name of Turkey's Presidential Legislature?
Grand National Assembly
What is the current title of the chief executive in the country of Turkey and how long is one term of office?
President/5 years
In this type of democracy, citizens directly elect the government leader
Presidential Democracy
Israel has this type of government
Parliamentary Democracy
This nation's population is 100% Islamic
Saudi Arabia
How long is the term of office for members of Turkey's legislature?
5 years
How is the executive leader chosen in Israel?
Citizens vote for members of parliament (Knesset) and members of parliament chose the prime minister who is the executive leader.
This is a two part question. What type of government does the legislative members select the leader. Then, what is the leader called?
Parliamentary Democracy///Prime Minister
In this country, they have had a absolute monarchy that rules the government since 1932 & all are from the al-Saud family
Saudi Arabia
Since the emergence of this country in SW Asia Middle East there is still major political issues.
Israel
Name the countries that we studied this week that have a unicameral legislature?
Israel and Turkey
In Turkey, how is the executive leader and members of legislature chosen?
The citizens of Turkey elect both the executive leader (president) and the members of the legislature.