Jubail International School

Trimester# 2
Worksheet Topic : Final Exam Revision
Name: ______________ Date: ________
Subject: SST Grade & Section: ________

Government systems
Monarchy
Exercise 1: Give short answers to the given questions below.
1. What are the three types of government systems?

Democracy. Monarchy. Dictatorship.

2. What is a monarchy?

A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state until
death or abdication.

3. What are the 3 types of monarchy?

purely symbolic (crowned republic)

restricted (constitutional monarchy)

fully autocratic (absolute monarchy)

4. What are the titles in a monarchy?

king, queen, emperor, khan, caliph, tsar, or sultan, and can be bound to territories

5. What is the opposing and main alternative to monarchy?

The republican form of government.

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6. What is the meaning of constitutional monarch?

A monarch who retains a unique legal and ceremonial role but exercise limited or no political
power under the nation's constitution.

7. What are some examples of nations that have a hereditary monarch?

Brunei, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Eswatini and Thailand.

8. Where is the term monarchy derived from?

Greek monarkhiā, from monarkhos, "monarch."

Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks:

 In most cases, the succession of monarchies is hereditary, but there are also elective and

self-proclaimed monarchies.

 A monarchy can be a polity through unity, personal union, vassalage or federation.

 Aristocrats often serve as the pool of persons to draw the monarch from and fill the

constituting institutions

 Monarchy was the most common form of government until the 20th century.

 Forty-five sovereign nations in the world have a monarch as head of state, including sixteen

Commonwealth realms that each have Queen Elizabeth II.

 Most modern monarchs are constitutional monarchs.

 The hereditary monarch has more political influence than any other single source of

authority in the nation.

 In a constitutional monarchy, the monarch's power is limited by a constitution.

 in an absolute monarchy, the monarch has unlimited power. 

 Monarchy is an old form of government, and the word has been around a long time.

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 A monarch, such as a king or queen, rules a kingdom or empire.

 Monarchs can carry titles such the Emperor of Japan and the King of the Belgians.

Democracy
Exercise 1: Give short answers to the given questions below.
1. What is Democracy?

Democracy is a form of government in which the people have the authority to choose their
governing legislation.

2. What are the cornerstones of democracy?

Cornerstones of democracy include freedom of assembly and speech, inclusiveness and

equality, membership, consent, voting, right to life and minority rights.

3. What are the two types of democracy?

Direct and representative.

4. what is the difference between direct democracy and representative democracy?

In a direct democracy, the people directly deliberate and decide on legislature.

In a representative democracy the people elect representatives to deliberate and decide on

legislature.

5. What are two types of representative democracy?

Parliamentary and presidential democracy.

6. What is Liquid democracy?

Liquid democracy combines elements of the two basic types of democracy.

7. What is the most common decision making approach of democracies?

The majority rule

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8. How does democracy protect the minority?

By the constitution which limits the majority.

9. Where did western democracy originally come from?

It originated in city-states such as Classical Athens and the Roman Republic.

10. What are the four key elements of democracy?

 A political system for choosing and replacing the government through free and fair
elections.
 The active participation of the people, as citizens, in politics and civic life.
 Protection of the human rights of all citizens.
 A rule of law, in which the laws and procedures apply equally to all citizens.

11. When was the term democracy first used?

The term appeared in the 5th century BC.

12. What is the origin of the term democracy?

The word 'democracy' has its origins in the Greek language.

Exercise 2: True or False Questions:

 Democracy is a system of processing conflicts in which outcomes depend on what

participants do. ( T )
 The uncertainty of outcomes is inherent in democracy. ( T )
 Larry Diamond is a British researcher. ( F ) American political scientist
 Democracy and human rights are the same concept. ( F ) they are two different
concepts
 Democracy can be thought of as "power of the people". ( T )

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 Dictatorship
Exercise 1: Give short answers to the given questions below.
1. What is dictatorship?

A dictatorship is an authoritarian form of government, characterized by a single leader or group

of leaders and little or no toleration for political pluralism or independent programs or media. 

2. Who holds the power in a dictatorship?

A single leader or group of leaders.

3. When did dictatorships and constitutional democracies emerged as the world's two
major forms of government?

The 19th and 20th centuries.

4. What are the traditional widespread forms of government in the 17th and 18th centuries?

Monarchies

5. How do dictators take advantage of citizens?

Usually by suppressing freedom of thought and speech of the masses, in order to maintain
complete political and social supremacy and stability.

Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks:

 A common aspect that characterized dictatorship is taking advantage of their strong

personality.
 Dictatorships and totalitarian societies generally employ political propaganda to decrease
the influence of proponents of alternative governing systems.
 Typically, in a dictatorial regime, the leader of the country is identified with the title
of dictator.
 Dictators formal title is something similar to "leader".

GREAT ARABS
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 HASSAN IBN AL HAYTHAM

Exercise 1: Give short answers to the given questions below.

1. What is Ibn al Haytham’s full name?

Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham

2. Who was Ibn al Haytham?

He was an Arab mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of the Islamic Golden Age.

3. When was Ibn al Haytham born?

c. 965

4. Where was Ibn al Haytham born?

He was born in Basra

5. What was Ibn al Haytham sometimes referred to as?

"the father of modern optics"

6. What was Ibn al Haytham’s most influential work?

It is his Kitāb al-Manāẓir (Arabic: ‫كتاب المناظر‬, "Book of Optics").

7. When did Ibn al Haytham die?

c. 1040

AL-KINDI

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Exercise 1: Give short answers to the given questions below.
8. What is Ibn al Al-Kindi’s full name?

Abu Yusuf Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi

9. Who was Ibn al Al-Kindi?

He was the first self-identified philosopher in the Arabic tradition.

10. When was Ibn al Al-Kindi born?

ca. 800

11. Where was Ibn al Al-Kindi born?

He was born in Kufa.

12. What are some of Al-Kindi’s philosophical treatises?

On First Philosophy, in which he argues that the world is not eternal and that God is a simple
One.  He also wrote numerous works on other philosophical topics, especially psychology
(including the well-known On the Intellect).

13. When did Ibn al Al-Kindi die?

870 CE

Good Luck!

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