1. Economics and Politics in the Middle East
Unit 3 Review Game
Economics and Politics
in the Middle East

2. Which country has a PRESIDENT as
its HEAD OF GOVERNMENT?
Iran

3. Which two countries have parliamentary democracy as their form of government?
Israel and Turkey

4. Jordan and Saudi Arabia
Which two countries have a monarchy as the
form of government?
Jordan and Saudi Arabia

5. Constitutional Monarchy
In which type of government is the power of the
MONARCH limited:
a Monarchy or a Constitutional Monarchy??
Constitutional Monarchy

6. Parliamentary Democracy
a form of government that is led by the head of the political party with the most members in parliament
Parliamentary Democracy

7. Which country has a theocratic republic?
Iran

8. theocracy A government that is run by religious leaders
is called a _____________.
theocracy

9. Prime Minister Who is the HEAD OF GOVERNMENT in
Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey?
Prime Minister

10. Saudi Arabia In which country is the HEAD OF GOVERNMENT
AND CHIEF OF STATE the same person?
Saudi Arabia

11. Which country is the only one with a
BICAMERAL Legislature?
Jordan

12. In which countries do citizens vote for
the HEAD OF GOVERNMENT?
NONE

13. What is unique about the ROLE OF THE CITIZENS
in Saudi Arabia?
They don't have role.

14. What 2 countries have primarily a COMMAND
ECONOMY?
Iran and Saudi Arabia

15. Iran, Jordan, & Saudi Arabia
In which countries is the law based on
religion?
Iran, Jordan, & Saudi Arabia

16. Islam In the counties of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Iran,
what religion is the basis of all their
laws?
Islam

17. Command Economy The kind of economic system in which
the government controls what is produced
and who produces it is called _____.
Command Economy

18. Mixed Jordan, Israel, and Turkey all have what
kind of economic system?
Mixed

19. Mixed In what economic system is there some aspect of
market, command, and traditional economics?
Mixed

20. In what 2 countries is the MAIN EXPORT COMMODITY OIL?
Iran
and
Saudi Arabia

21. What country has a “shekel” as its currency?
Israel

22. Which country has POUND as its currency?
Lebanon

23. Turkey What country has a LIRA as its currency
and forbids any connection between
government and religion?
Turkey

24. Israel & Saudi Arabia What 2 countries probably have the
highest standard of living
because they have the highes
GDP per capita?
Israel & Saudi Arabia

25. Economics The study of how a country provides goods and
services for its people is called ______?
Economics

26. Interdependence _______ is when 2 or more countries
depend on each other for the goods and
services they need.
Interdependence

27. Scarcity When there is a limited amount of a resource
such as water, then __________ of that
resource occurs.
Scarcity

28. Standard of Living A measure of how much of the goods and services
that the people of a place have that they need
is called ________ ___ ________.
Standard of Living

29. Infant Mortality Rate GDP per Capita, Literacy Rate, Level of Economic
Freedom, Type of Employment, and
_________ _________ _________ are all used
to measure the Standard of Living of a
country.
Infant Mortality Rate

30. Literacy Rate the number of people above the age of 15
who can read and write is called _______.
Literacy Rate

31. Natural, Capital,and Human
Name the 3 PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES.
Natural, Capital,and Human

32. Human The people who make the goods are called
______________ resources.
Human

33. Capital The machines that are used to produce
goods and services are called
____________ goods.
Capital

34. development The level of ____________ of a country is
determined by its GDP, literacy rate,
types of jobs that most people have.
development

35. LESS A country in which most of the people
are employed in the AGRICULTURAL
INDUSTRY would probably be considered
_________ developed.
LESS

36. Trade Barriers Taxes, tariffs, quotas, and sanctions are
all considered to be ________ ________.
Trade Barriers

37. political Trade Barriers, like sanctions, are often caused by
__________ differences between countries.
political

38. The type of money a country used is called
its _____________.
Currency

39. Exchange Rate When you change money from one country to
another’s it is called the
____________ _________.
Exchange Rate

40. Legislative Unicameral and Bicameral are 2 types of
_________________ branches.
Legislative

41. A government by the people, for the people.
Democracy

42. Traditional An economic system in which most goods
and services are related to
culture.
Traditional