Middle East Government and Economy Trivia

Round One

Government

Round 1 Question 1

Name the form of government

that is based on religion.

Round 1- Answer 1

Theocracy

Name a country in the Middle East

which power is held in the hands of a monarch and only

the monarch.

Round 1- Question 2

Saudi Arabia

Round 1 Answer 2

What type of government has elected officials

voting on legislation on behalf of the

people.

Round 1 Question 3

Republic or Representative

Democracy

Round 1 Answer 3

Which type of government has a monarch who is

limited by a constitution, and an

elected group of officials?

Round 1 Question 4

Constitutional Monarchy

Round 1 Answer 4

A political system in which legislature

selects the government such as

a prime minister along with cabinet

ministers

Round 1 Question 5

Parliamentary Democracy

Round 1 Answer 5

Round 2

Economics

Round 2 Question 1

France does not import American

cosmetic products. What type of trade

barrier is this?

Round 2 Answer 1

standards

Round 2 Question 2

What are economic activities based on

in a traditional economy

Round 2 Answer 2

Habits, ritual, or cultural custom

Round 2 Question 3

The climate of the ME has led to the scarcity of what?

Round 2 Answer 3

Crops/farming

Round 2 Question 4

What is the goal of OPEC?

Round 2 Answer 4

To control production rates of oil (which

in turn controls price)

Round 2 Question 5

What type of economy does Turkey have?

Round 2 Answer 5

Command (slowly moving towards

mixed)

Round 3

Government

Name a country in the Middle East

with a Parliamentary

Democracy

Round 3 Question 1

Israel

Round 3 Answer 1

What is the name of Israel’s

legislative branch?

Round 3 Question 2

Round 3 Answer 2

Knesset

In an Oligarchic government how many people are involved in making the decisions?

Round 3 Question 3

A small group of people

Round 3 Answer 3

This type of government is

held by one central authority

Round 3 Question 4

Autocracy

Round 3 Answer 4

Describe two examples of how women’s rights are limited in Saudi Arabia

Round 3 Question 5

Can’t vote, can’t drive cars, must dress

modestly/cover up, must have a male

guardian, genders are separated at events

Round 3 Answer 5

Round 4Economy

Round 4 Question 1

Give one example of how Saudi Arabia is trying to make their

economy more mixed.

Round 4 Answer 1

Offering incentives to people to start their own businesses by

giving loans or giving discounts on utilities

(electricity, etc)

Round 4 Question 2

Israel has a high GDP. What does it

spend a large portion of its money on?

Round 4 Answer 2

Its military

Round 4 Question 3

What term best describes the

economy of Israel?

Round 4 Answer 3

Mixed

Round 4 Question 4

Why can it be dangerous to

specialize too much in one thing?

Round 4 Answer 4

If that industry/resource/se

rvice runs out/becomes less

popular your economy will suffer

Round 5 Question 5

Reliance on trade with other countries to fulfill a country’s economic need is

called…

Round 5 Answer 5

interdependence