Who Rules iCivics

One person is in charge

• Autocracy

• Direct Democracy

• Indirect Democracy

• Oligarchy

Citizens often have no rights in this form of government.

• Anarchy

• Dictatorship

• Direct Democracy

• Theocracy

Who rules... it can exist with other forms of government

• Anarchy

• Dictatorship

• Theocracy

• Direct Democracy

Government that is led by a King or a Queen

• Anarchy

• Indirect Democracy (Representative Democracy)

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

Nobody is in charge

• Theocracy

• Indirect Democracy (Representative Democracy)

• Oligarchy

• Anarchy

King or queen often shares power with other parts of the government

• Theocracy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Direct Democracy

People do not answer to any leader or government

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Anarchy

• Theocracy

Government where citizens elect others to serve in government

• Direct Democracy

• Indirect Democracy (Representative democracy)

• Oligarchy

• Absolute Monarchy

Form of government where citizens participate in lawmaking themselves

• Direct Democracy

• Indirect Democracy

• Anarchy

• Theocracy

Citizens vote to elect their leaders

• Anarchy

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Autocracy