Types of Government Review

A government ruled by religious leaders or has laws based on religion. 

• Absolute Monarchy
• Traditional Monarchy
• Democracy
• Theocracy

A government where the king, queen, or monarch's power is limited by a bill of rights. 

• Absolute Monarchy
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Traditional Monarchy
• Dictatorship

A government ruled by a strong military leader, who controls power through force.  Sometimes these leaders can be elected.

• Absolute Monarchy
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Traditional Monarchy
• Dictatorship

A king, queen, or emperor who has total control of everything and everyone in the kingdom. 

• Absolute Monarchy
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Traditional Monarchy
• Dictatorship

No Government at All

• Anarchy
• dictatorship
• theocracy
• junta

Swiss citizens vote at least 4 times a year directly on any kind of issue of every political level. Such as approvals of a school building, change regarding policy or laws, or even the constitution.

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

One person has total control

• Parenting
• Dictatorship
• Junta
• Representative Democracy

Both Monarchy and Dictatorship fall under this type of government, because they include just 1 leader

• autocracy

• democracy

• theocracy

Official are elected to run the country

• Junta
• Theocracy
• unlimited government
• representative democracy

Governments follow religious law

• theocracy

• anarchy