Types of Government

What form of government is based on the idea people control the government?

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Absolute Rule

• Democracy

Citizens in Presidential Democracies and Parliamentary Democracies typically achieve governmental change by

• going on strike

• voting in elections

• serving in the military

• engaging in revolution

In a democracy, the source of authority for the government is the

• head of state

• courts

• legislature

• people

All of the following are considered Authoritarian Governments EXCEPT

• Absolute Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Parliamentary Republic

What is a republic?

• A government in which the noble class rules.

• A government in which citizens elect representatives to voice their opinions in governmental decisions.

• A government in which the citizens rule directly.

• A government in which one person rules.

Which characteristic makes an Absolute Monarchy different from a Constitutional Monarchy?

• A ruler who inherits power by birth.

• The presence of a noble class.

• An official state religion.

• Laws which limit the power of the ruler and protects the rights of the citizens.

Citizens lack decision making roles in all of the following types of government, EXCEPT

• Parliamentary Republic

• Totalitarian Dictatorship

• Theocracy

• Absolute Monarchy

One way Absolute Monarchies are similar to Totalitarian Dictatorships is that citizens under both systems of government typically

• can amend their constitutions by gathering signatures on a petition.

• have no say in political decision making.

• can elect new leadership by voting in elections

• have greater freedoms than citizens in democracies.

In a Direct Democracy, the leader is

• called the President

• called the Prime Minister

• no one - there is no single leader because the people are the government.

• making all of the decision.

If a government changes from being ruled by a single person of the communist party to one in which the people chose members of a legislative branch as well as a President, how did the government changed?

• From a Totalitarian Dictatorship to an Oligarchy

• From a Parliamentary Republic to a Presidential Republic

• From a Totalitarian Dictatorship to a Presidential Republic

• From a Theocracy to an Oligarchy