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Chapter 15
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Voting is mandatory in _____for literate citizens.
Cuba
Portugal
Brazil
China
2
Mexico’s current governmental structure was established in 1917 after a series of uprisings
against Porfirio Díaz
Portugal
against Felipe Calderón
against Spain
3
Current authoritarian leader of North Korea
Kim Mao Ze
Mao Zedong
Kim Jong-un
4
Between what two economic models does socialism fall?
market and command
traditional and market
command and communism
5
characteristics of authoritarian systems
citizens have few or no civil rights
citizens can't express their views freely
all of the above
rulers are not limited by law
6
Under presidential systems, presidents generally serve both as head of state and as
Chief Politician
Chief Legislator
Chief Diplomat
Chief Executive
7
Party that dominated Mexican politics for more than 80 years.
Party of the Democratic Revolution
Institutional Revolutionary Party
United Democratic Republic
National Action Party
8
Most common form of authoritarian government
Monarchy
Oligarcy
republic
Dictatorship
9
Head of the Japanese government
President
Executive Cabinet
Dictator
Prime Minister
10
The first communist nation
China
Korea
Cuba
Soviet Union
11
Capitalism promotes efficiency through the effects of competition.
false
true
12
Economic and political system in which government owns all property.
capitalism
communism
socialism
13
Minimum wage laws and the federal reserve are proof the US has a laissez-faire economy.
false
true
14
Former authoritarian leader of Uganda
Idi Amin
Samora Machel
Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier
15
____created a new Constitution in the 1970's w/ a three branch type of Govt similiar to the US
Mexico
Australia
Nigeria
Japan
16
Chinese leader during the Cultural Revolution
Deng Xiaoping
Mao Zedong
Hua Guofeng
17
What type of economy involves land, labor, goods/services, capital & an entrepreneur?
command
socialism
traditional
market
18
system of racial segregation and oppression that formerly existed in South Africa
de facto segregation
separate but equal
de jure segregation
apartheid
19
Founder of modern socialism
Adam Smith
Lars Svennson
Karl Marx
20
Brazil’s government is similar to that of the US with three branches & a separation of powers.
true
false
21
The US has a mixed market econonomy
true
false
22
Government controlled by religious leaders.
theocracy
totalitarian
Divine right
Oligarchy
23
Challenged China's policy on free speech and democracy in 1989
Xiaoping massacre
Tiananmen square massacre
Beijing masacre
24
Founder of capitalist theory
Adam Smith
Karl Marx
Smith Barney
Dale Carnegie
25
laissez-faire is analogous to
socialism
hands off
hands on regulation
26
The head of state in a Constitutional monarchy is
the house of Lords
the hereditary monarch
the prime minister
parliament
27
What are factors of production?
basic resources that make up an economy
economic resources that are controlled by the government
factors that determine a type of political system
28
Communist group that took control of Cambodia in 1975 after killing over 1 million Cambodians.
Maoists
Viet Cong
Khmer Rouge
Nepal Nationalists
29
Japanese parliament
Parliamentary Congress
House of Royalty
Parliamentary House of Lords
diet
30
The ____is a Constitutional monarchy with a unitary government.
Republic of North Korea
Republic of China
United Kingdom
United States
