Types of Government

When the central government is run by a small group of people. 

• autocracy 
• democracy 
• oligarchy 
• parliamentary 

When the central government is run by one single ruler. 

• presidential 
• autocracy 
• democracy 
• confederal 

When the state and national government share power and work together. 

• federal
• confederal 
• unitary 
• presidential 

An autocracy is also a type of which government? 

• Democracy 
• Unitary 
• Parliamentary 
• Federal 

When citizens vote on every issue of concern. 

• Monarchy 
• Direct Democracy 
• Representative Democracy 
• Unitary 

When citizens elect representatives and the representatives vote on the issues for citizens. 

• Direct Democracy 
• Unitary 
• Presidential 
• Representative Democracy 

Citizens vote for the Legislative and Executive branches.  The two branches are separate and coequal. 

• Parliamentary 
• Presidential 
• Democracy 
• Oligarchy 

Citizens vote in both a Parliamentary and Presidential systems, which make them both a type of what?  

• Unitary 
• Democracy 
• Autocracy 
• Oligarchy 

True or False
A government is a ruling authority for a community that has the power to make and carry out laws and decisions for all those living in a community.

• True
• False

True or false:
The purposes of government include:
A. Keep Order
B. Provide Security
C. Guide the Community
D.  Provide Services

• True
• False