Systems and Forms of Government

In an anarchy, _____________rules.

• the king

• a dictator

• no one

• the people

A ruling authority for a community is a ____________.

• government

• anarchy

• police force

• court system

____________governments set marriage laws, take care of schools, run elections, and manage local governments.

• federal

• local

• national

• state

Governments for counties, cities, and towns are considered to be _________________.

• local

• state

• national

• federal

Two types of government are ______________________.

• democrat and republican

• state and federal

• democratic and authoritarian

• county and local

Democracies began in ________________.

• Athens, Greece

• England

• the United States

• China

Athens had a ___________democracy.

• non-existent

• authoritative

• representative

• direct

The United States has a _______________democracy.

• representative

• direct

• authoritative

• local

_____________________has the oldest representative democracy.

• Japan

• the United States

• South Korea

• Athens, Greece

The 2 kinds of representative democracies are ___________.

• democrats and republicans

• direct and republic

• republics and constitutional monarchies

• authoritarian and anarchy