Review Of Types Of Government/Economic Systems
What do you know and remember?
- 1.Dictatorship
- A.
People of a country elect leaders to represent their rights and interests in government
- B.
King or Queen rules the nation
- C.
One leader or person has absolute or total control over the people's lives in the nation
- D.
Citizens hold the political power
- 2.Monarchy
- A.
People hold the political power to the nation
- B.
King or queen rules/leads the nation
- C.
Government is headed by a strong military leader who has total control over the nation
- D.
No one is in charge-mob rule
- 3.Democracy
- A.
Citizens hold the political power in government
- B.
King or queen rules in the nation
- C.
Mob rule- no one is in charge
- D.
God is the ultimate authority of the government
- 4.Representative Democracy
- A.
King or queen rules the nation
- B.
Mob rule- choas and disorder in government
- C.
Voters elect representatives to help make decisions in government
- D.
One leader who has direct power over all the people of the nation
- 5.Anarchy
- A.
King or Queen rules the nation
- B.
Mob rule or choas and disorder- lack of government
- C.
God is at the center of government
- D.
People make all the decisions for the king
- 6.In contrast to a democracy, which form of govt. uses the military to maintain power against the people's consent? ( hint: what is the opposite)
- A.
Monarchy
- B.
Anarchy
- C.
Democracy
- D.
Dictatorship
- 7.A theocracy can exist with other forms of government.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Rule of a government by a few could be best defined as...
- A.
Theocracy
- B.
Oligarchy
- C.
Monarchy
- D.
Autocracy
- 9.Communism is ___________?
- A.
A theory
- B.
Economic system
- C.
Type of government system
- D.
All of the above
- 10.Under the communist economic system, people are ____________?
- A.
Able to start a business they wish
- B.
Unable to own a business if they wish
- C.
Do not have to work
- D.
Can own a farm but no other types of business
- 11.Which nation would be an example of socialist type of nation?
- A.
USA
- B.
North Korea
- C.
Canada
- D.
Russia
- 12.Select the statement which is true concerning communists economies.
- A.
Wealth is redistributed to all of the people--- all people should make the same amount of money
- B.
Government controls most of the farms, banks, factories
- C.
Both A and B
- D.
Supply and demand drives the economy
- 13.Market Economy:______________: ___________Command Economy: less freedom in economic choices : North Korea
- A.
Limited choices with trade: China
- B.
Freedom in economic choices: USA
- C.
Norway: USA
- D.
People are told what to purchase by government: Cuba
- 14.Determine which of the following would not be a statement or phrase associated with capitalism.
- A.
Competition of corporations
- B.
Supply and demand drives the cycle of the economy
- C.
Government owned/controlled all of the banks and factories
- D.
Privately owned business
- 15.Which of the following statements would identify with the Fascists in Italy modeled by Mussolini?
- A.
Lead by a powerful dictator
- B.
Extreme nationalism, and strong military leadership
- C.
Censorship of news/media and control of economic resources
- D.
All of the above
- 16.Who admired Mussolini the most?
- A.
Adolf Hitler
- B.
Vladimir Lenin
- C.
Kaiser Wilhelm II
- D.
Mao Zedong
- E.
Josef Stalin
- 17.Hilter created what type of government in 1933?
- A.
Monarchy
- B.
Totalitarian (dictatorship)
- C.
Democracy
- D.
Communism
- 18.Hitler created the fascist government structure in 1922 in Germany.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.Stalin was the leader of USSR after the Communist revolution and in the days leading up to the outbreak of WWII.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.Mein Kampf was Hitler's autobiography in which he gave blame to the Jews for the problems of the German economy/government.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.In contrast to a democracy, which form of government uses the military to maintain power against the people's consent?
- A.
Monarchy
- B.
Dictatorship
- C.
Theocracy
- D.
Oligarchy
- 22.It must be acknowledged that the term "republic" is of very vague application in every language... I would say purely and simply it means a government by its citizens in mass, acting directly and personally according to rules established by the majority. Thomas Jefferson, 1776Which statement best summarizes Jefferson's idea of a republican government?
- A.
The power of the government rests with the body of its citizens
- B.
The power of the government rests with the leaders at the top of the government
- C.
Republican governments have a monarch that leads the nation
- D.
Republican governments have strict laws that rule its citizens
- 23.Which summarizes the main characteristics of a traditional economic system?
- A.
Central government control, central planning, price controls
- B.
Diplomacy, labor participates in managerial decisions
- C.
Private ownership, social control of division of labor
- D.
Direct trade, no competition, rely on customs
- 24.How do governments influence art and literature in nondemocratic societies?
- A.
Governments allow freedom of expression and design for all creators of arts
- B.
Governments use artistic expression to attract foreign trade with nations interested in the culture
- C.
Citizens are commonly exposed to government-sponsored art and literature in the form of propaganda
- D.
People are divided into labor classes, thereby allowing only certain people to create art or write literature
- 25.There are two ways of countering injustice. One way is to smash the head of the man who perpetrates injustice and to get your own head smashed in the process. All strong people in the world adopt this course. Everywhere wars are fought and millions of people are killed. The consequences is not the progress of the nation but the decline...It brings disaster to both belligerents...Similarly, no State is possible without two entities, the rulers and the ruled. You are our sovereign, our Government, only so long as we consider ourselves your subjects. When we are not subjects, you are not the sovereign either... Shower what sufferings you like upon us; we will calmly endure all and not hurt a hair of your body. We will gladly die and will not so much as touch you. But so long as there is yet life in these our bones, we will never comply with your arbitrary laws.Mohandas Gandhi, 1916Which statement summarizes Gandhi's views about how a government should rule its people?
- A.
Violence is the best way for a government to rule its people
- B.
Fair laws bring the decline of nations and their governments
- C.
Governments should have many arbitrary rules for their people
- D.
Governments bring the decline of their nations by enforcing rules with violence
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