Types of Government

What type of government is being described? Fidel Castro held total authority over the citizens of Cuba and punished those who were against him.

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Dictatorship 
• Oligarchy

Which type of government do we have in the United States?

• Monarchy
• Democracy
• Dictatorship

When the central government is run by a small group of people. 

• Autocracy 
• Democracy 
• Oligarchy 
• Parliamentary 

What type of government has a king or queen that holds all the power?

• Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• Direct Democracy
• Republic

Which of the following is a good example of a dictatorship?

• Great Britain
• Germany
• North Korea
• Canada

God and religious law are the government's authority.

• Anarchy
• Oligarchy
• Direct Democracy
• Theocracy

Ruler, king/queen/emperor/empress, etc.) is in power. Usually runs in the family (example: power transfers from father to son).

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

People elect representatives to make laws/decisions for them

• Anarchy

• Representative Democracy

• Dictator

• Monarchy

A government ruled by a small group of people

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

Rule by a religious leader or religious principles

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

• theocracy

• oligarchy