Forms of Government Review

 A ____________ is any form of government in which citizens hold the power to rule; they vote.

• Autocracy 
• Oligarchy 
• Democracy
• Anarchy 

 An ____________ is any form of government in which one ruler holds all political power.

• Autocracy 
• Oligarchy 
• Democracy
• Anarchy 

 There are two types of autocracy: (1) dictatorship and absolute monarchy. 

• True 
• False 

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

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

What is a government that is run by the people, either directly or indirectly?

• Oligarchy
• Communism
• Monarchy
• Democracy

What do a republic and a direct democracy have in common?  

• rule by a single political party
• a small group of leaders 
• rule by the people
• a single leader

The most common form of government from ancient times to the early part of the 20th century, which established rule by a hereditary king or queen.

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy