Cultural Comparisons
Middle East and North Africa
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- characteristics of an absolute monarchy
- the leader supposedly received the throne through divine right, that god placed them there, or through heredity
- export
- goods sold from one country to another
- what statistic is often a major factor in predicting a country's life expectancy and literacy rate
- GDP
- import
- goods bought from one country to another
- what is a dictatorship
- a government in which one person or party controls all political action
- what religion do the majority of people follow
- islam
- how much participation do citizens have in an absolute monarchy
- none
- what is GDP
- the total worth of goods and services a country sells
- examples of a presidential democracy
- the united states, and most of the countries in south america
- how much participation do citizens have in a theocracy
- near none
- what is birth rate
- number of births per 1000 people
- examples of a dictatorship
- hitler and benito mussolini
- what is an oligarchy
- rule by a political group who govern mainly for the benefit of themselves
- characteristics of a parliamentary democracy
- there is no clear separation of powers between the executive and the legislative
- strengths of an oligarchy
- if you are part of the group that has power, than you have access to virtually all of the oppurtunities
- strengths of a dictatorship
- the country has a unified purpose
- what is a theocracy
- when government rulers are identical with the leaders of the dominant religion
- characteristics of a dictatorship
- the citizens are often forced to support the ruler
- trade surplus
- when a country gains money because it is exporting more than it is importing
- what is a presidential democracy
- a governing system inwhich the executive branch is separate from and independent of the legislature
- what is GDP per capita
- the total worth of goods and services a country sells divided by the population
- strengths of a presidential democracy
- often slip into dictatorships, but when run effectively can provide the citizens with the most say in the government
- what is an absolute monarchy
- a king or queen that has unlimited power and seeks to control all aspects of society
- what is natural increase
- when there are more births than there are deaths
- characteristics of an oligarchy
- only a small portion of society holds power, the majority do not
- characteristics of a theocracy
- policies are influenced by the majority religion
- what is death rate
- number of deaths per 1000 people
- strengths of a theocracy
- a strong relationship between religion and politics gives its people a strong belief system
- does the US have a trade defecit or a trade surplus
- a trade defecit of -2,000,000 dollars
- examples of an absolute monarchy
- Louis XIV, Henry VII, Philip II, and Maria Theresa
- strengths of an absolute monarchy
- an enlightened ruler can greatly improve the country
- how much participation do citizens have in a paliamentary democracy
- a lot
- how do economists use GDP per capita when they study nations
- to find the wealth of a country (not the salary)
- strengths of a parliamentary democracy
- a lack of checks and balances allows for great flexiblity and speedy responses to the needs of the public
- trade defecit
- when a country loses money because it is importing more than it is exporting
- examples of a theocracy
- vatican city and iran
- what does GDP stand for
- gross domestic products
- characteristics of a presidential democracy
- the executive is popularly elected and generally serves a fixed term
- examples of a parliamentary democracy
- most of the democratic countries in the world use this system
- how do you find a country's natural increase
- birth rate - death rate / 100
- examples of an oligarchy
- south africa under apartheid
- how much participation do citizens have in an oligarchy
- unless, you are part of the group, near none
- how much participation do citizens have in a dictatorship
- none
- what is a parliamentary democracy
- a means of governing whose power rests in legislature, which selects from its members an executive
- how much participation do citizens have in a presidential democracy
- a lot