Political Geography

What type of government is based on the power of religious authority?

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Junta

Which government type exists where there are actually no existing government structures or laws in society. People live under absolute freedom. 

• Autocracy
• Anarchy
• Theocracy
• Hinduism

Which government type exists where citizens vote on every law and policy and the majority always wins?

• Representative Democracy
• Democratic Republic
• Representative Democracy
• Theocratic Democracy

Which government type allowed people to vote for officials to represent them in government?

• Direct Democracy
• Judicial System
• Representative Democracy
• Executive Branch

An autocracy is a government type where:

• Only one person holds all of the power within a country
• The rule of law in a country is based on the Word of God and Religious Texts
• People vote to create laws and policies
• There is no government structure

An anarchy is when:

• A government is led by only one person
• There is no official government and everyone fends for themselves.
• People vote on every law or policy that comes through government.
• There is a military overthrow of the standing government in a country. 

The United Kingdom is an example of a _____.

• absolute monarchy

• constitutional monarchy

• dictatorship

• totalitarian state

When the religious leaders are also running the government or when religious laws are the country laws, the government is a(n) _____.

• autocracy

• democracy

• oligarchy

• theocracy

 Self-appointed single person/group rules controlling all aspects of public life (example: freedom of speech) often through military force, intimidation

• Dictatorship
• Totalitarian
• Monarchy
• Liberty

 People elect representatives to make laws/decisions for them, a government without a monarch.

• Anarchy
• Republic
• Dictator
• Monarchy

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