Government

A king or queen holds ceremonial power while the country is ruled by a constitution

• constitutional monarchy

• absolute monarchy

• representative democracy

• direct democracy

A government where all the citizens have voting power to directly influence laws and government

• representative democracy

• dictatorship

• theocracy

• direct democracy

A government where all the power is held by a single leader who usually uses force to rule

• direct democracy

• dictatorship

• theocracy

• constitutional monarchy

A government where the power is shared among a small group of individuals

• absolute monarchy

• dictatorship

• direct democracy

• oligarchy

A government where the power lies with the citizens who vote for people to run their government and make choices for the common good

• absolute monarchy

• dictatorship

• representative democracy

• direct democracy

A government where a king holds complete control without any checks or balances to his power

• absolute monarchy

• dictatorship

• theocracy

• direct democracy

A government that began in Athens, Greece and requires all citizens to vote on any laws or policies

• constitutional monarchy

• direct democracy

• dictatorship

• representative democracy

Two governments with a single leader who holds complete control

• direct democracy and theocracy

• constitutional monarchy and dictatorship

• absolute monarchy and theocracy

• absolute monarchy and dictatorship

A government where the king/queen holds no governmental power but the country is controlled by a voting Parliament

• direct democracy

• constitutional monarchy

• theocracy

• absolute monarchy

A government where power is held by a small group of rich rulers

• direct democracy

• theocracy

• oligarchy

• dictatorship