6th grade Government Vocabulary

The system that makes and enforces laws and institutions of a country

• Government
• Anarchy
• Dictatorship

The absence of a form of government

• Anarchy
• Oligarchy
• Monarchy

A government where one person holds all of the decision making power

• Dictatorship
• Direct Democracy
• Absolute Monarchy

A government where a small group of people hold all of the decision making power 

• Oligarchy
• Dictatorship
• Monarchy

A government that is run by a king or queen who runs for life.  Power is usually passed down to his/her children. 

• Monarchy
• Direct Democracy 
• Absolute Monarchy 

A government that is completely controlled by the head of the state usually a king or queen. 

• Absolute Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Representative Democracy

A government headed up by an elected Prime Minister and Parliament that follows the laws set in a constitution.  A king or queen hold very little decision making power. 

• Constitutional Monarchy
• Direct Democracy
• Representative Democracy

Government where the people hold the power through voting for elected officials who make decisions for the population. 

• Representative Democracy
• Monarchy
• Dictatorship

Government where all people in a country take part directly in the decision making. 

• Direct Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Absolute Monarchy

A set of laws that defines a country's basic values and limits a government's powers. 

• Constitution 
• Government
• Tyranny