Types of Government Review

How is authority obtained in a monarchy?

• passed down from family members
• by religious leaders
• taken by force
• free and open elections

How is authority obtained by a dictatorship?

• passed down from family member
• by religious leaders
• taken by force
• free and open elections

How is authority obtained in a democracy?

• passed down from family members
• by religious leaders
• taken by force
• free and open elections

In this type of government people hold all the power because they can vote.

• Oligarchy
• Democracy
• Communism
• Dictatoship

What type of government is being described? Fidel Castro held total authority over the citizens of Cuba and punished those who were against him.

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Dictatorship 
• Oligarchy

Which type of government do we have in the United States?

• Monarchy
• Democracy
• Dictatorship

In this government type a single person has all the power and rules through fear and violence. What is it?

• Representative Democracy (Republic)

• Dictatorship

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Oligarchy

What government type has a king or queen?

• Democracy 
• Dictatorship
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy

True or False: The people get to vote on who the next monarch is.

• True

• False

What form of government includes a constitution which limits the king's power?

• Absolute monarchy

• Constitutional monarchy

• Republic