Civics

Question 0

Absolute monarchy

Answer 0

Government led by an unrestricted king or queen

Question 1

Democracy/republic

Answer 1

Government led by its citizens

Question 2

Constitutional monarchy

Answer 2

Government led by a king or queen according to a constitution that limits and defines the powers

Question 3

Theocracy

Answer 3

Form of government in which God or religious leaders are recognized as ruler

Question 4

Parliamentary democracy

Answer 4

A democracy that has a legislature and its prime minister as the head of state

Question 5

Presidential democracy

Answer 5

Features a chief executive as the head of state

Question 6

One-party dictatorship

Answer 6

Government where one group rules unopposed with particular agenda

Question 7

Military dictatorship

Answer 7

Government wherein the politics power resides with armed forces

Question 8

Communist dictatorship

Answer 8

Government that implements a command economy and keeps control within a small group of planners

Question 9

Totalitarianism

Answer 9

Absolute control into all aspects of life by state

Question 10

Alliance

Answer 10

A formal agreement or treaty

Question 11

Executive agreement

Answer 11

An agreement less formal than a treaty. Made between Chiefs of state without senatorial approval

Question 12

Diplomatic recognition

Answer 12

The power of the president to decide whether to establish official relations

Question 13

NATO

Answer 13

Military alliance

Question 14

UN

Answer 14

International deliberative body established following WWII

Question 15

UN general assembly

Answer 15

Body within the UN that discusses, debates, and recommends solutions to problems

Question 16

UN Security Council

Answer 16

Small body within the UN that makes binding decision

Question 17

ICJ

Answer 17

The international legal court of the UN

Question 18

OAS

Answer 18

Body whose members are the 35 independent states of North America, South America, and the Caribbean

Question 19

IMF

Answer 19

International economic union that aims to promote financial stability

Question 20

WTO

Answer 20

An international body concerned with promoting and regulating trade between its member states

Question 21

Nafta

Answer 21

Agreement between Canada, Mexico, and USA to not put tariffs on traded goods

Question 22

Isolationism

Answer 22

National policy of avoiding political or economic entanglements with other countries.

Question 23

Collective security- realist

Answer 23

• The U.S. benefits from taking an active role in foreign affairs, including military action
• action is the most effective way to protect our nation from other countries
• COMMON INTERESTS, NOT COMMON IDEALS

Question 24

Collective security- idealists

Answer 24

• active role in foreign affairs
• war should NOT be he primary tool
• help other countries
• COMMON IDEALS, NOT COMMON INTERESTS

Question 25

Imperialism

Answer 25

• military control over weaker territories
• use their power to benefit themselves
• spread their culture and beliefs
• total disregard for the well-being of the people

Question 26

Diplomacy

Answer 26

Negotiated, peaceful means of ending conflict or getting what you want

Question 27

Information

Answer 27

Allows the government to make informed decisions (ESPIONAGE)

Question 28

Military

Answer 28

Direct or indirect military actions against a country: the use or threat of our military

Question 29

Economic

Answer 29

Using trade or monetary aid to influence other nations