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This document provides a quiz to test the reader's knowledge of different forms of government. It presents multiple choice questions that distinguish between autocracy, democracy, dictatorship, theocracy, monarchy, oligarchy, anarchy, junta, and direct and representative democracy. The document then provides scenarios about different countries and asks the reader to identify the forms of government for each: Switzerland has direct and representative democracy; South Africa had oligarchy and apartheid; North Korea has autocracy; Saudi Arabia has monarchy and theocracy; Denmark has constitutional monarchy and representative democracy; Brazil has representative democracy.
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- 1. Who Rules?Who Rules? Lesson Activities
- 2. MINI-QUIZ Do You Know Your Forms of Government?
- 3. A or B?A or B? 1. One person is in charge.1. One person is in charge. AA BB AutocracyAutocracy DemocracyDemocracy
- 4. A or B?A or B? 2. Citizens often have no2. Citizens often have no rights.rights. AA BB DemocracyDemocracy DictatorshipDictatorship
- 5. A or B?A or B? 3. Can exist with other3. Can exist with other forms of government.forms of government. AA BB DictatorshipDictatorship TheocracyTheocracy
- 6. A or B?A or B? 4. Led by a king or queen.4. Led by a king or queen. AA BB MonarchyMonarchy OligarchyOligarchy
- 7. A or B?A or B? 5. Nobody is in charge.5. Nobody is in charge. AA BB MonarchyMonarchy AnarchyAnarchy
- 8. A or B?A or B? 6. Those in charge are6. Those in charge are military members who tookmilitary members who took over by force.over by force. AA BB JuntaJunta DemocracyDemocracy
- 9. A or B?A or B? 7. Leader often shares7. Leader often shares power with other parts ofpower with other parts of government.government. AA BB MonarchyMonarchy DictatorshipDictatorship
- 10. A or B?A or B? 8. Democracy where citizens8. Democracy where citizens elect others to serve inelect others to serve in government.government. AA BB DirectDirect RepresentativeRepresentative
- 11. A or B?A or B? 9. Citizens vote to elect their9. Citizens vote to elect their leaders.leaders. AA BB DemocracyDemocracy AutocracyAutocracy
- 12. A or B?A or B? 10. A small group rules the10. A small group rules the country.country. AA BB OligarchyOligarchy DemocracyDemocracy
- 13. A or B?A or B? 11. People do not answer to11. People do not answer to any leader or government.any leader or government. AA BB OligarchyOligarchy AnarchyAnarchy
- 14. A or B?A or B? 12. God and religious law12. God and religious law are the governmentare the government authority.authority. AA BB OligarchyOligarchy AnarchyAnarchy
- 15. A or B?A or B? 13. The group with power13. The group with power can be based on race orcan be based on race or social class.social class. AA BB MonarchyMonarchy OligarchyOligarchy
- 16. A or B?A or B? 14. Democracy where14. Democracy where citizens participate incitizens participate in lawmaking themselves.lawmaking themselves. AA BB DirectDirect RepresentativeRepresentative
- 17. ACTIVITY A Identify That Government!
- 18. SWITZERLAND Citizens elect representatives to sit in two different lawmaking assemblies. But citizens also vote several times a year to decide on laws. Citizens can vote to propose their own laws or undo laws passed by their representatives. All citizens may vote directly on these laws. Forms of Government: __________________________________ and __________________________________
- 19. SOUTH AFRICA From 1948-1994, official policy in South Africa gave white people all the political power. Even though the majority of South Africans were black, non-whites could not influence government. White South Africans elected representatives to sit in a lawmaking body. Forms of Government: __________________________________ and __________________________________
- 20. NORTH KOREA One man leads North Korea and controls its government. He also controls its ruling political party. The ruling party chooses candidates for an Assembly, and citizens vote. The candidates do not have opponents, so citizens have no choices. Form of Government: __________________________________
- 21. SAUDI ARABIA Saudi Arabia is led by a king. The king appoints a Council of Ministers to help govern, but there are no elections. Saudi Arabia’s Basic Law states that the country’s constitution is the Islamic holy book the Qur’an and other religious traditions. Forms of Government: __________________________________ and __________________________________
- 22. DENMARK The people of Denmark elect representatives to sit in Parliament, a lawmaking body. The Queen of Denmark heads the country, but she only has a small role in government. The government is led by a Prime Minister, who is appointed from among the elected representatives. Forms of Government: __________________________________ and __________________________________
- 23. BRAZIL Brazil is led by a president who is elected by the citizens. Citizens in Brazil elect a new president every four years. Citizens also elect representatives to serve in two different legislative bodies. Form of Government: __________________________________