Government Vocabulary

Government is:

• A person who runs a country

• people and institutions that make and enforce laws

• a powerful organization that controls a business

• President Donald Trump

Representative Democracy

• Where people vote on everything that takes place

• When one person rules the country

• When people elect leaders to make decisions for them

• A government run by religion

Which two are examples of autocracy

• Oligarchy and Republic

• Monarchy and Democracy

• Theocracy and Sovereignty

• Dictatorship and Monarchy

What type of government has a king and/or queen in charge?

• dictatorship

• theocracy

• oligarchy

• monarchy

What is sovereignty?

• one leader has absolute control

• God or religion has the ultimate power

• ability to rule within a territory

• people elect leaders to make decisions

What is a democracy

• when people have the power

• when a small group of people have the power

• when one leader has absolute control

• when there is only one leader

In an oligarchy, how many people have power?

• One

• Zero

• Everyone has a say

• a small group

In what type of government do people vote on everything?

• Theocracy

• Direct democracy

• Representative democracy

• Monarchy

Who has power in a theocracy?

• God/religion have ultimate power

• A king or queen have power

• Elected officials have power

• Everyone has power

In what type of government does the ruler have absolute control?

• Direct democracy

• Oligarchy

• Sovereignty

• Dictatorship