Chapter 27: Capital Punishment Pt. 1

Question 1

What is Capital Punishment?

Answer 1

state-sponsored punishment

Question 2

____ countries, __/__ of the nations of the world have abolished capital punishment

Answer 2

140

2/3

Question 3

What is the highest-to-lowest death penalty countries?

Answer 3

(1) Middle East
(2) Caribbean Countries
(3) Asian Countries
(4) Africa
(5) North/Central/South America
(6) Europe
(7) Oceania

Question 4

All countries in the Middle East have death penalties, except _______ who only uses it during wartime

Answer 4

Israel

Question 5

Which countries in the middle east are leading for capital punishment?

Answer 5

Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq

Question 6

Which types of lethal methods of execution are used in the Middle East?

Answer 6

stoning, beheading by sword, hanging, and firing squads

Question 7

Where are most executions held in the Middle East?

Answer 7

in private settings (i.e. prisons)

Question 8

The Middle East also has ______ executions.

Answer 8

public

Question 9

__/__ of caribbean countries still use capital punishment.

Answer 9

3/4

Question 10

Capital punishment is rarely used in _________ Countries.

Answer 10

Caribbean

Question 11

Capital punishment is a common practice within ______ and _________ ________

Answer 11

Haiti

Dominican Republic

Question 12

What are the only Caribbean countries that have conducted executions in the last decade?

Answer 12

the Bahamas and Cuba

Question 13

What fraction of asian countries have retained capital punishment?

Answer 13

2/3 of the Asian countries

Question 14

Over ___% of the countries in ________ and _______ Asia have imposed death sentences in this century

Answer 14

80%
Eastern
Central

Question 15

About ___% of the countries in ________/__________ Asia have legal executions

Answer 15

50%

Southern/Southwest

Question 16

What type of lethal methods are still used in Asian countries?

Answer 16

“death squads”
stoning
firing squads
lethal injection
hanging

Question 17

Which country is the world leader in the number of executions?

Answer 17

China

Question 18

What are the modern execution methods in China?

Answer 18

shooting at point-blank range and lethal injection

Question 19

A majority of _______ countries have the death penalty

Answer 19

African

Question 20

_______ and ______ Africa have the highest level of retentionist counties

Answer 20

Central

North

Question 21

The vast majority of countries in _____ and ________ Africa have not imposed death penalties

Answer 21

West

Southern

Question 22

In these _______ countries capital punishment is the exception rather than the rule.

Answer 22

African

Question 23

Which North/Central/South American country is the only one that retained the death penalty for ordinary crime?

Answer 23

the U.S.

Question 24

The death penalty has been abolished in both _______ and ______

Answer 24

Canada

Mexico

Question 25

The vast majority of countries in ________ America have abolished capital punishment

Answer 25

Central

Question 26

“The vast majority of countries in Central America have abolished capital punishment”:
Which countries are an exception to this?

Answer 26

Belize and Guatemala

Question 27

What are the only countries in South America that have the death penalty?

Answer 27

Guyana and Suriname

Question 28

What is the only European Country to retain the death penalty?

Answer 28

Belarus

Question 29

None of these countries in _______ performed legal execution in the 21st century

Answer 29

Oceania

Question 30

___% of Oceania countries have abolished the death penalty

Answer 30

80%