Systems of government

What type of government does the following list describe?    There is one ruler.  The ruler usually inherited power.  The ruler passed on leadership to his son.

• Democracy
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Tyranny

What do an absolute monarchy, dictatorship, and oligarchy have in common?

• The head of state is chosen by Parliament
• Their citizens decide public issues for themselves
• Political power is exercised by representatives elected by the people
• A single individual or small group exercises control over government.

The excerpt below comes from the writing of Jacques Benigne Bossuet, a French bishop in the early 1700s.
“We have already seen that all power is of God...Rulers act as the ministers of God and as his lieutenants on earth. It is through then that God exercises his empire… It appears from all this that the person of the king is sacred, and that to attack him in any way is sacrilege…
God is infinite, God is all. The prince, as prince, is not regarded as a private person: he is a public personage, all the state is in him; the will of all the people is included in his. As all perfection and all strength are united in God, so all the power of individuals is united in the person of the prince. What grandeur that a single man should embody so much!
The power of God makes itself felt in a moment from one extremity of the earth to another. Royal power works at the same time throughout all the realm. Look at the prince in his cabinet… He is the image of God, who, seated on his throne high in the heavens, make all nature move.”
Based on this excerpt, which type of government would Bishop Bossuet most likely favor?

• Direct democracy
• theocracy 
• Constitutional monarchy
• Representative democracy

The excerpt below comes from the writing of Jacques Benigne Bossuet, a French bishop in the early 1700s.
“We have already seen that all power is of God...Rulers act as the ministers of God and as his lieutenants on earth. It is through then that God exercises his empire… It appears from all this that the person of the king is sacred, and that to attack him in any way is sacrilege…
God is infinite, God is all. The prince, as prince, is not regarded as a private person: he is a public personage, all the state is in him; the will of all the people is included in his. As all perfection and all strength are united in God, so all the power of individuals is united in the person of the prince. What grandeur that a single man should embody so much!
The power of God makes itself felt in a moment from one extremity of the earth to another. Royal power works at the same time throughout all the realm. Look at the prince in his cabinet… He is the image of God, who, seated on his throne high in the heavens, make all nature move.”
Based on this excerpt, which type of government would Bishop Bossuet most likely favor?

• Direct democracy
• Absolute monarchy
• Constitutional monarchy
• Representative democracy

The leader of a parliamentary system is called the

• king
• president
• prime minister
• monarch

A(n)  ____ is a single ruler, such as a king, queen, or emperor, who holds all the power in a country or empire.

• monarch
• citizen
• tyrant
• oligarch

Kayla sat in the meeting hall and listened to the different candidates for her state's open Senate seat. The candidates debated about their positions on issues. When Election Day came along, she voted for the candidate she thought would best serve her community’s interests. What form of government does Kayla have? 

• Republic
• Direct democracy
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy

A ______________ is a ruler who has complete power over a country.

• Republican
• Nazi
• Dictator
• Constitutional Monarch

Which government receives its power from the people?

• Oligarchy
• Republic
• Dictatorship
• Totalitarian 

What is rule by a few called?

• Democracy
• Republic
• Oligarchy
• Dictatorship