Forms of Government

A system of government in which political power resides with the people.

• Autocracy
• Democracy
• Oligarchy

A ruler who wields absolute power. Receives power by taking it through force. An autocrat.

• Dictator
• President
• Constitutional Monarch

Post is inherited and lasts until death or abdication.

• Monarchy
• Dictatorship

The king or queen has complete or total power among his or her people.

• Absolute Monarchy
• Constitutional Monarchy

The king or queen has power that is limited by a constitution and parliament.

• Absolute Monarchy
• Constitutional Monarchy

Proposes that government should organize and control the means of production for the welfare of all.

• Socialism
• Communism

1. A system of government in which the people elect candidates to make policies and laws for them.
2. This is the type of government that the United States has.

• Direct Democracy
• Representative Democracy

What form of government is the United States?

• Direct Democracy
• Representative Democracy

A few people hold all the power.

• Autocracy
• Democracy
• Oligarchy

• A system of government that one person has absolute power.
• A single ruler (dictator, absolute monarchy)

• Autocracy
• Democracy
• Oligarchy