The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Is a Collection of Kingdoms

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a collection of kingdoms, each ruled by a single ruler, a sheikh, with the position of rule being handed down through family lines. Each of the seven kingdoms has autonomy, but they also work together, with their seven leaders forming the Federal Supreme Council. In this way, the UAE is a federation of

A) one-party states
B) republican democracies
C) monarchies
D) parliamentary democracies