Types of Government

A leader who holds power by the use of force

• oligarchy

• tyrant

• dynasty

• empire

The ruler, the laws, and the people who make them.

• government

• senate

• taxation

• democracy

Rule by the wealthy

• monarchy

• democracy

• aristocracy

• republic

Rules of conduct for a group of people

• anarchy

• tyrant

• taxation

• laws

Rule by a few people

• democracy

• oligarchy

• taxation

• laws

Rule by family

• dynasty

• republic

• democracy

• tyrant

Rule by a religious leader

• democracy

• representative

• theocracy

• oligarchy

Ruler with absolute power

• anarchy

• representative

• tyrant

• dictator

Ruled by a king or a queen

• aristocracy

• monarchy

• democracy

• republic

Rule by the people

• democracy

• monarchy

• laws

• republic