Government Review

A few people hold all the power.

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

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

• Dictator

• President

• Constitutional Monarch

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

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

1. The voters in a community meet together to make decisions and laws.
2. Suited for smaller communities.

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

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

Which type of government gets their power from religious tradition?

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

Totalitarianism is the absolute control of a government over every aspect of its citizens’ lives.

• True 

• False

The type of government where individuals elect leaders to represent them and these representatives are bound by the law or some form of constitution would be

• A monarchy

• A dictatorship

• A democracy

• A republic

_______________ means that no one is above the law, even those in power. 

• Bill of Rights

• Ratification

• Amendment

• Rule of Law

What word best describes the result of no government and no laws?

• Sovereignty

• Anarchy

• Constitutional

• Monarchy