WebQuest - Civics of SW Asia: 

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• http://www.dsusd.k12.ca.us/users/scottsh/Govt/Advantagesdisadvantages%20federal.htm
  
  
  • 1) What is an advantage of a unitary government?
    
    
  • 2) What is a disadvantage of a unitary government?
    
    
  • 3) What is an advantage of a confederate government (confederation)?
    

• • 4) What is a disadvantage of a confederate government (confederation)?
    
    
  • 5) What is an advantage of a federal government?
    
    
  • 6) What is a disadvantage of a federal government?
    
    
• http://athena7.com/types_of_governments.htm
  
  
  • 7) An absolute monarchy is an example of a(n) _______________.
    
    
  • 8) China has a(n) _______________ in place.
    
    
  • 9) Free elections must be held in a(n) _______________.
    
    
• http://www.essortment.com/parliamentary-versus-presidential-governments-60835.html
  
  
  • 10) _______________ governments are those that permit the nation's citizens to manage their government.
    
    
  • 11) In a(n) _______________, the president is elected independently of the legislature.
    
    
  • 12) In a parliamentary democracy, _______________ must decide whom to elect as prime minister.

 
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• 13) Saudi Arabia is a(n) _______________ based on Islam.
  
  
  • http://www.saudiembassy.net/about/country-information/government/
    
    
    
• 14) Israel is a(n) _______________ consisting of legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
  
  
  • http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Facts+about+Israel-+The+State/A+Free+People+in+Our+Land-+Israel+as+a+Parliamentary+Democracy.htm
    
    
    
• 15) The Islamic Republic of Iran is a revolutionary _______________ state formed in 1979.
  
  
  • http://www.irantracker.org/basics/islamic-republic-iran-0