Systems and Types of Government

An absolute monarchy is what form of government?

• democracy

• parliamentary

• autocracy

• confederal

Anarchy is...

• a form of autocracy

• lack of government

• a form of democracy

• a government with poor leadership.

You would define a republic or representative democracy as...

• a form of government in which the power to govern lies directly in the hands of the people rather than through elected representatives

• a form of government headed by a king or queen who inherits the position, rules for life, and holds power that can range anywhere between limited to absolute

• a system of government in which the people elect representatives to make policies and laws for them

• a form of autocracy where a military leader becomes the leader of a country often through violent means

a form of government in which a small group has total control and power

• dictatorship

• oligarchy

• democracy

• autocracy

a system of government in which political power resides with the people

• democracy

• communism

• oligarchy

• autocracy

a form of government in which the power to govern lies directly in the hands of the people rather than through elected representatives

• republic

• direct democracy

• communism

• constitutional monarchy

a monarchy is...

• a form of government in which a small group has total control and power

• a form of government in which the power to govern lies directly in the hands of the people rather than through elected representatives

• a form of government in which a single ruling party owns and controls all production and distribution of goods, and in which no private ownership is allowed

• a form of government headed by a king or queen who inherits the position, rules for life, and holds power that can range anywhere between limited to absolute

a form of autocracy where a military leader becomes the leader of a country often through violent means

• dictatorship

• oligarchy

• republic

• socialism

a system of government where power is located with the independent states and there is little power in the central government

• federal

• confederal

• parliamentary

• unitary

a system of government where power lies with the legislative body and the leader of the country is part of the legislature

• federal

• confederal

• parliamentary

• unitary