Purpose and Forms of Government

What are the two main types of government?

• Democratic and Authoritarian

• Republic and Territory

• Direct and Indirect

• Confederate and Oligarchic

 A ____________ is any form of government in which citizens hold the power to rule; they vote.

• Autocracy 
• Oligarchy 
• Democracy
• Anarchy 

 A ____________ is any form of government in which citizens hold the power to rule; they vote.

• Autocracy 
• Oligarchy 
• Democracy
• Anarchy 

 A ____________ is any form of government in which citizens hold the power to rule; they vote.

• Autocracy 
• Oligarchy 
• Democracy
• Anarchy 

 A ____________ is any form of government in which citizens hold the power to rule; they vote.

• Autocracy 
• Oligarchy 
• Democracy
• Anarchy 

 A _________ is a form of government where one leader has absolute control over citizens’ lives.

• Autocracy 
• Absolute Monarchy 
• Dictatorship
• Monarchy 

 A ___________ is a  government ruled by one person who has hereditary power

• Absolute Monarchy
• Constitutional Monarchy 
• Monarchy 
• Autocracy 

 In an absolute monarchy the king or queen’s rule is supreme. No one can question their authority.

• True 
• False

 In a constitutional monarchy, the power of the king is not limited.

• True 
• False

 In an _________, a small group of people has all the power.

• monarchy
• oligarchy
• autocracy
• plutocracy