Foundations
The largest and most influential country on the Arabian peninsula.
What is Saudi Arabia?
This family has ruled since 1932
What is the al-Saud family?
This person makes and enforces the law
What does the king do?
Saudi Arabia has more of this than any other country in the world.
What is oil?
Women were forbidden from doing this until 2018.
What is driving
Sunni Islam
What is the predominant religious sect
Rulers are chosen from family members of this gender only
What is male?
Saudi Arabia’s laws come from this book
The Qur'an
What type of monarchy is Saudi Arabia?
What is hereditary monarchy?
Official language of the nation
What is Arabic?
What is Islam?
Most government officials
Who are relatives of the King?
The king serves in these two (2) roles
What are the chief executive officer and the head of state
The role Islamic scholars and tribal leaders play
Who does the King ask for advice on decisions?
Citizen participation in government is not high but______
What is low?
Saudi Arabia's type of autocracy
What is an absolute monarchy?
Saudi Arabia's form of autocracy
What is absolute monarchy?
This person both makes and enforces the country's laws
Who is the king
Shari'a law is also known as this
What is Islamic law
Beheaded in the public square
How criminals executed?
Type of law the king must abide by
What is Shari'a or Islamic law
Passed down through inheritance
How does a man become the king?
The country is run by this law
What is Shari'a or Islamic law?
This letter comes after the letter "B"
What is the letter "C"
Type of religious leaders who have great influence on the monarchy
What are conservative religious leaders