Types of Government

a form of government in which one person has all the power

• autocracy

• democracy

• oligarchy

• theocracy

the type of autocracy where one leader has absolute control over citizens' lives

• anarchy

• dictatorship

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

the type of autocracy where a king or queen rules the country and has the final say over the government

• dictatorship

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• theocracy

a form of government where citizens hold the political power

• anarchy

• autocracy

• democracy

• theocracy

the type of democracy where citizens elect leaders to represent their rights and interests in government

• autocracy

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

• oligarchy

the type of democracy where there are no representatives and citizens are directly involved in the day-to-day work of governing the country

• autocracy

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

• oligarchy

a form of government where a small group of people has all the power

• anarchy

• democracy

• dictatorship

• oligarchy

a form of government where God or a divine being is the ultimate authority and religious leaders are also the leaders of the government

• autocracy

• democracy

• oligarchy

• theocracy

the absence of a formal government; no one is in control

• anarchy

• autocracy

• democracy

• oligarchy