Government Quiz

A ___________ is a government in which one person has all the power. There are two man types of this.

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

In a ___________ a king or queen rules the country.

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Republic

• Dynasty

Monarchs usually come to power through

• A fair and equal voting process

• their family line

• military force

• a legacy process

In modern times, Monarchs usually share power with other parts of government. Often they are also subject to the country's _________________.

• constitues

• constitution

• leadership

• control

A dictatorship is a form of government where one leader has _________ control over citizens' lives.

• absolute

• a good amount of

• limited

• relative

If there is a constitution, the dictator has control over that, too.

• True

• False

Under a dictatorship, the people (citizens) are represented.

• True

• False

In a __________ , citizens hold the political power.

• democracy

• theocracy

• junta

• free state

In a representative democracy, citizens _________ leaders to represent their rights and interest in government.

• elect

• demand

• force

• ask

Under a ______________ democracy, citizens hold the ultimate power because if they don't like what their representatives are doing, they can vote in new ones.

• direct

• representative

• republic

• constitutional