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As of 5 August 2010, several nations continue to employ absolute monarchy as a system of government:
- Brunei
- Oman
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Swaziland
- Vatican City
However, Vatican City can also be described as a theocracy.
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Describe the decision - making role of citizens in countries that are dictatorships and in coutries that are absolute monarchies?
Describe the decision-making role of citizens in countries that are dictatorships and in countries that are absolute monarchies.
What countries still have absolute monarchies today?
Saudi Arabia
What are is the purpose of an absolute monarchies?
To completely control a society/people.
Who supported absolute monarchies?
a French philosopher: Thomas Hobbes
What replaced absolute monarchies that was equivalent to that system of government?
Dictatorship
What ways were Prussia and Austria were similar?
They both were absolute monarchies.
How are constitutional monarchies and absolute monarchies alike and different?
i don't know the way that they are alike, but the absolute the ruler can legally do whatever he/she wants, but as the constitutional, the ruler is bound by the constitution and it's laws.
What is the definition of absolute monarch?
An absolute monarch is a ruler who has complete control over their country and its government without being limited by a constitution, laws, or other governing bodies. This type of monarch holds unlimited power and is not subject to any checks or balances.
What was the status of people in absolute monarchies?
In an absolute monarchy ordinary people have to be uncomplaining, loyal and obedient subjects.
What are two current absolute monarchies?
The only Absolute Monarchies today are Swaziland, Brunei, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the surprising one, Vatican City. I'm not sure about Tonga, where the King still holds a lot of power.
What similarities may citizens have in selecting leaders in dictatorships and absolute monarchies?
They have no similarities because they no role in selecting when it comes to dictators and monarchies. The citizens can't choose!
As absolute monarchies disappeared what similar system of government sometimes replaced them?
After centuries of absolutism e.g., England and France became parliamentary (or constitutional ) monarchies.
