Government Systems Quiz

Select citizens, usually the wealthy or special group, have the power to make decisions and run the government. Government by the few.

• democracy

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• autocracy

the right to vote

• democracy

• suffrage

• citizenship

• civil rights

A type of democracy where the citizens vote for the leader of the country.

• presidential democracy

• parliamentary democracy

• oligarchy

• autocracy

A government in which the king or queen has absolute power.

• constitutional monarchy

• parliamentary democracy

• oligarchy

• absolute monarchy

A type of government where a king or queen is the official head of state, but power is limited by a constitution.

• presidential democracy

• constitutional monarchy

• parliamentary democracy

• dictatorship

the head of government in a presidential democracy.

• prime minister

• dictator

• president

• monarch

the ceremonial head of government

• head of government

• president

• head of state

• prime minister

One person has complete control over a nation and power is held by force.

• dictatorship

• democracy

• oligarchy

• anarchy

One person holds unlimited power to make decisions and run the government. Government by 1.

• autocracy

• democracy

• oligarchy

• anarchy

a legal member of a country with rights that include the right to vote

• resident

• voter

• member

• citizen