Forms of Government Vocabulary

Gov't where a small group of people have all the power and control.

• autocracy

• democracy

• anarchy

• oligarchy

Democratic gov't where people elect representatives to make laws and maintain order.

• communism

• republic

• anarchy

• oligarchy

Gov't where a king or queen rules by right of birth.

• totalitarianism

• communism

• monarchy

• democracy

Gov't where one person rules with absolute authority and control, usually backed by the military.

• federal system

• autocracy

• totalitarianism

• anarchy

A society without authority or government and the general confusion and chaos that results.

• anarchy

• communism

• totalitarianism

• democracy

The way a society is organized in terms of civil & criminal order, protection, and services provided to citizens.

• democracy

• federal system

• communism

• government

Gov't that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

• communism

• totalitarianism

• autocracy

• oligarchy

Gov't where power is divided up by national, state, and local levels.

• democracy

• government

• federal system

• autocracy

Gov't that promises complete equality, abolition of profit, no social classes, and all property controlled by the state.

• communism

• totalitarianism

• oligarchy

• republic

Gov't in which the leaders rule by consent of the citizens, the people have the power.

• republic

• federal system

• autocracy

• democracy