Forms of Government

• A system of government that one person has absolute power.

• A single ruler

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Confederate

A system of government where a few people hold all the power.

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Anarchy

1. The voters in a community meet together to make decisions and laws.

2. Suited for smaller communities.

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Monarcy

• Oligarchy

1. A system of government in which the people elect candidates to make policies and laws for them.

2. This is the type of government that the United States has.

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

Kayla sat in the meeting hall and listened to the different candidates for her state's open Senate seat. The candidates debated about their positions on issues. When Election Day came along, she voted for the candidate she thought would best serve her community’s interests. What form of government does Kayla have? 

• Representative democracy
• Direct democracy
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy

What do a republic and a direct democracy have in common?  

• rule by a single political party
• a small group of leaders 
• rule by the people
• a single leader

 What does an absolute monarchy, dictatorship, and oligarchy have in common?

• A single individual or small group exercises control over government 
• The head of state is chosen by Parliament
•  Political power is exercised by representatives elected by the people 
• Their citizens decide public issues for themselves 

Nobody has power over other members of the society.

• Representative Democracy

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Anarchism

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

• communism

• totalitarianism

• autocracy

• oligarchy

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

• communism

• totalitarianism

• oligarchy

• republic