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2018 Government Assessment
Test Description: Uses 7th grade standards from Georgia
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) How are the governments of Israel and Saudi Arabia similar?
A
Both countries have elected officials as part of their legislature.
B
Both countries allow citizens 18 or older to vote.
C
Both countries have prime ministers which serve as their heads of government.
D
Both countries allow citizens 18 or older to vote.
2) Which country in Southwest Asia has a monarchy?
A
Turkey
B
Saudi Arabia
C
Israel
D
Iran
3) Why do Israel and Turkey elect presidents as heads of state and prime ministers as heads of government?
A
The president represents the political party who has a minority in Parliament and the prime minister represents the majority.
B
A parliamentary democracy must have a ceremonial head of state as well as a head of government.
C
The president plays an important role in ensuring smooth transitions when parliamentary majorities change and new ones form.
D
The president can temporarily assume the duties of the head of government if the prime minister is injured, sick, or dead.
4) How does citizen participation in government in Israel compare to that in Turkey?
A
Neither elects its head of state but both elect their head of government.
B
Neither elects its head of government but both elect their head of state.
C
Both elect parliaments which choose their heads of state and government.
D
Both elect their head of government but not their head of state.
5) In Saudi Arabia, the throne does not automatically pass to the oldest child of the reigning monarch. Instead, a special council meets and selects a new monarch from among the crown princes.
A
The council members are not elected officials because voting rights in Saudi Arabia are limited.
B
The council and princes are all limited in their authority by Islamic law because Saudi Arabia is a theocracy.
C
The council members do not have to vote for the prince their constituents want.
D
The council has no real power to oppose the military, which chooses a prince to support and forces the council to choose him.
6) In the United States and in Turkey, citizens vote for both their legislators and their head of state. Their heads of state are both called the president and both have term limits set by law.
A
Turkey’s head of state is not Turkey’s head of government.
B
Turkey’s head of state must be a legislator before becoming president.
C
The United States’ head of state is not the United States’ head of government.
D
The United States’ head of state chooses his or her vice president and Turkey’s does not.
7) In a country, citizens cast votes for their national leader every four years. This country has only one political party and membership in this one party is mandatory for all citizens.
A
autocracy
B
oligarchy
C
presidential democracy
D
parliamentary democracy
8) Country A is run by a dictator and the citizens have no participation in government. All power is held by the national government. What terms best describe the government of country A?
A
autocracy and unitary
B
autocracy and federation
C
democracy and federation
D
democracy and unitary
9) A researcher wants to know if a government in Africa is more or less stable than it was ten years ago. Which set of factors will the researcher MOST LIKELY need to look at to determine whether the government has become more or less stable?
A
access to education and access to the Internet
B
access to education and distribution of income per capita
C
distribution of medicine and distribution of food
D
distribution of food and access to public transportation
10) Which of the following describes the impact their types of democracy have on the presidents of the Republics of Kenya and South Africa?
A
The president of the Republic of Kenya has more direct power in government than the president of South Africa.
B
The president of the Republic of South Africa likely cares more about the opinion of the people than the president of Kenya.
C
The presidents of the Republics of South Africa and Kenya are both more answerable to their legislatures than to the people.
D
The president of the Republic of South Africa is likely more popular with the people than the president of Kenya.
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