dictatorship
Dictatorships can arise under different ideologies. This topic is part of Government within Government & Society. This page currently draws on 9 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
dictatorship trivia questions
A dictatorship concentrates political power in whom?
Answer: One ruler or a small group
Bonus fact: Political competition and civil liberties are often restricted.
Dictatorships generally have weaker what than democracies?
Answer: Checks on executive power
Bonus fact: Power is concentrated with limited accountability.
What distinguishes a dictatorship from a constitutional democracy?
Answer: Power is not effectively constrained by competitive elections and institutions
Bonus fact: Dictatorships can arise under different ideologies.
Which Vargas Llosa novel portrays the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo?
Answer: The Feast of the Goat
Bonus fact: The novel is set partly in the Dominican Republic.
Which Orwell novella uses farm animals to satirize Soviet totalitarianism?
Answer: Animal Farm
Bonus fact: The pigs' revolution becomes a new dictatorship.
The Autumn of the Patriarch centers on what kind of ruler?
Answer: Aging dictator
Bonus fact: The unnamed tyrant embodies Latin American dictatorship.
The Sandinista Revolution took place in which country?
Answer: Nicaragua
Bonus fact: The revolution overthrew the long-ruling Somoza family dictatorship.
Who wrote the novel "It Can't Happen Here"?
Answer: Sinclair Lewis
Bonus fact: The 1935 novel imagines a fascist-style dictatorship taking power in the United States.
The Carnation Revolution ended what kind of government?
Answer: Authoritarian dictatorship
Bonus fact: It ended the Estado Novo regime.