Types of Governments

Types of Government

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Multiple Choice

Government run by religious leader/leaders; no separation of church and state. 

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

Different Types Of

Government

Different Types of

Government

Multiple Choice

Example: Ancient Greece; citizens gathered to make decisions for their city-states and voted directly on issues.

• Monarchy

• Republic

• Totalitarian

• Direct Democracy

Different Types of

Government

Multiple Choice

Ruler, king/queen/emperor/empress, etc.), inherits power.  Rules by divine right- given power to rule by God.

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Republic
• Monarchy

Multiple Choice

Example: United States; citizens vote for representatives on local, state and national levels who make laws.

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

• Theocracy

• Representative Democracy

Multiple Choice

What is a government?

• an organization that keeps order, sets rules, and provides services for a society

• adding territory to a country

• a society with a culture

• a system where people produce, sell and buy goods

Multiple Choice

Government authority is based on the consent of the governed.

• Anarchy

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

Multiple Choice

 Self-appointed single person/group rules controlling all aspects of public life (example: freedom of speech) often through military force, intimidation

• Dictatorship

• Totalitarian

• Monarchy

• Liberty

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a  government where a few wealthy people rule?

• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Democracy 
• Communism

Multiple Choice

What is the type of government where there is no ruler in charge, and has no structure of authority?

• Anarchy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Dictatorship

Multiple Choice

A government that has rules it has to follow and can not do whatever it wants

• Dictatorship

• Absolute Monarchy

• Unlimited Government

• Limited Government

Match

Match the following definitions & vocab. words

• 1 ruler who has absolute control

• ruled by a king or queen

• religious rule; government laws are based on religious beliefs

• absence of government authority

• ruled by a small, elite group of people

dictatorship

monarchy

theocracy

anarchy

oligarchy

• dictatorship

• monarchy

• theocracy

• anarchy

• oligarchy

Multiple Choice

What type of government is being described? Fidel Castro held total authority over the citizens of Cuba and punished those who were against him.

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship 

• Oligarchy

Multiple Choice

Government run by religious leader/leaders; no separation of church and state.

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

Multiple Choice

A government that can do whatever it wants because there is nothing to stop them

• Limited

  Government

• Unlimited Government

• Unregulated Government

• Constitutional Monarchy

Multiple Choice

Example: United States; citizens vote for representatives on local, state and national levels who make laws.

• Monarchy
• Anarchy
• Theocracy
• Republic

Multiple Choice

Who makes important decisions in an oligarchy?

• king

• senators

• citizens

• small group of powerful leaders

Multiple Choice

Which type of government best fits the description?

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

Multiple Choice

What type of government is it if the leader inherits his/her position?

• democracy

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• oligarchy

Multiple Choice

What term describes the absence of any government?

• Anarchy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Republic

Multiple Choice

In what system of government do individual citizens make the laws directly by voting, without electing representatives?

• Direct Democracy

• Indirect Democracy, or Constitutional Republicanism

• Anarchy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

Multiple Choice

Which type of government best fits the description?

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

Multiple Choice

Which type of government best fits the attached description?

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

Multiple Choice

What type of government is based primarily on religious principles?

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

Multiple Choice

What is a form of government ruled by one person who usually seized power through unlawful means?

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Parliamentary

Multiple Choice

What is a type of government in which all eligible members are able to vote on key issues and/or for elected representatives?

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Authoritarian

Multiple Choice

What type of government is ruled by one person, usually the child of the previous ruler?

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Theocracy