Flashcard: Types of Government

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In which form of government do citizens often have no rights? Options: Autocracy, Democracy, Dictatorship, Monarchy

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Dictatorship

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Which form of government is led by a king or queen?

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Monarchy

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In which form of government is nobody in charge?

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Anarchy

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In which form of government does the leader often share power with other parts of government?

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Democracy

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In which form of government do citizens vote to elect their leaders?

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Democracy

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In which form of government does a small group rule the country?

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Oligarchy

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In which form of democracy do citizens elect others to serve in government?

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Representative Democracy

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A monarchy has a king or queen who gains the rule by

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inheriting it

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There are 2 types of democracies. They are: republican and democrats, senate and house of representatives, representative and direct, American and United States.

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representative and direct

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The United States has a representative democracy because

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it is too large for a direct democracy