Row 1
What is the name of Iraq's tyrant who was overthrown in a 2003 U.S.-led invasion? He utilized torture and brutality against his political opponents, despite the fact that torture is legally prohibited by Iraqi law.
Saddam Hussein
Brazil was a Portuguese colony for 300 years before becoming independent in what year?
1822
Which country has a federal government with 26 states, three branches, and a separation of powers, as well as a bicameral legislature consisting of a senate and a chamber of deputies? Every member is elected.
Brazil
Citizens must report to serve as members of this organization if they are called to do so, which frequently requires sacrifice. Many individuals must take time off work to serve on this, and they are compensated very little. What is this referred to as?
Jury Duty
In 1989, the government ruthlessly suppressed a nonviolent pro-democracy student demonstration in China's capital, Beijing, known as what?
Tiananmen Square Massacre
What kind of government governs all parts of society, including the government, the economy, and even people's personal views and actions?
Totalitarian Governments
The conflict between people’s unlimited wants and limited resources
Scarcity
In this economy the government controls some of the basic factors of production. In most cases, that control is limited to industries and services that are central to a nation’s well being, such as electrical utilities, communications networks, and healthcare.
Socialist Economies
businesses that sell directly to final consumers. For example, a furniture wholesaler buys tables from a manufacturer. Then the wholesaler sells the tables to a retail store, such as a department store, that sells directly to consumers.
Retail Industries
Whose federal government has three branches: legislative, executive, and judiciary? In a federal system, powers are split between the central and state governments, with the 31 states constituting the state government.
Mexico
What is the definition of a government that has legal constraints on its power, typically in the form of a constitution?
Limited Government
Which country acknowledges that respecting human rights fosters peace and deters aggression, and has made human rights promotion a key component of its foreign policy?
The United States
What is the name for a type of government in which the people elect leaders and rule by majority?
Democracy
What term refers to residents meeting on a regular basis in a popular assembly to discuss issues and vote for leaders?
Direct Democracy
What type of government has a structure in which the people hold the ultimate authority? The elections are free and fair.
Representative Government
the basic economic resources needed to produce goods and services.The four main factors of production are land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship.
Factors of Production
Under this system, Americans enjoy a number of freedoms. They are free to exchange goods and services and choose careers. They are also free to own and operate enterprises, or businesses, with little government intervention.
Free Enterprise System
Still other tertiary workers, like health care workers and mechanics, work in ____________ businesses that provide services rather than goods. Teachers, store clerks, and doctors are all tertiary workers.
Service Industries
What do obeying the law, going to school, paying taxes, serving in the armed forces, appearing in court, voting, being informed, participating in government, helping your community, and respecting and protecting the rights of others entail?
Duties of U.S. Citizens
What kind of government has unrestricted power and little, if any, citizens' rights?
Nonrepresentative Governments
What happens in limited and unlimited countries?
Human Rights Abuses
Where must you go at least till the age of sixteen? A democracy cannot function without educated citizens, which is why the United States provides free, public what?
School
When was the last time the United States had a draft?
1973
Whose leaders now are balancing authoritarian rule, economic growth, and inadequate political reform while continuing to restrict citizens' basic freedoms and rights, and the government maintains strict control over the media and the internet?
China
the way in which a society organizes the production and distribution of goods and services. Economic systems can be divided into three types: traditional, market, and command.
Economic System
This industry are primary activities that focus on growing crops and raising livestock. Fishing and mining are also primary activities. Raw materials such as grain, cattle, seafood, and coal are all products of primary activities.
Agricultural Industries
One indicator, ____________is the value of all goods and services produced within a country in a single year. Another indicator is a country’s per capita GDP, or the total GDP divided by the number of people in
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
In 1949, who was the Chinese leader who established an authoritarian Communist government, imprisoning or executing individuals who opposed his policies?
Mao Zedong
What term refers to those who make decisions based on majority rule?
Pure Democracy
What was an elite-based system in which only a tiny percentage of the male population was eligible to participate in political life, but women and slaves, who made up the bulk of the population, were barred?
Athenian Democracy
In 1930, who took power in a nonviolent revolution in Brazil, becoming a dictator by 1937?
Getúlio Vargas
What creates and enforces laws, regulates enterprises and commerce, and gives aid to people, all while shaping a country's culture and economy, as well as the daily lives of its citizens?
Governments
Who needs to join political parties, lead, educate, and influence public opinion?
Citizens
What is a government that owns all the factors of production.
Communist Economies
in this industry, people and businesses manufacture, or make, finished products from raw materials. For example, a furniture maker could use wood to make a table or a chair.
Manufacturing Industries
countries with strong economies and a high quality of life.For example like Germany and the United States have a high per capita GDP and high levels of industrialization. Their health care and education systems are among the best in the world.
Developed Countries
The United States government is founded on the consent, or permission, of the governed. As a result, how should we inform our politicians of our approval or disapproval of their actions?
Voting
What sort of governance does not limit a ruler's power?
Unlimited Government
What laws mandate males of specific ages and qualities to serve in the military?
Draft
In what year did Mexico declare independence?
1821
If you work or buy items, you'll probably have to do what?
Pay Taxes
How many countries in the globe are democratic or mostly democratic, with a restricted system of government?
Half of the more than 190 Countries
In what economies do individuals and businesses own the factors of production.
Capitalist Economies
They help move goods from manufacturer to market. Others work in retail industries, businesses that sell directly to final consumers. For example, a furniture wholesaler buys tables from a manufacturer.
Wholesale Industries
countries with less productive economies and a lower quality of life.
Developing Countries