Civic Literacy - Module 3 Lesson 1 - Key terms

Anarchy means ____

• No government

• Some Government

• All Government

• You Pick Government

An Autocracy is _________

• One person or political party has political power

• One person has supreme political power

• Government where there is a king or queen

• Government where the king or queen have absolute power

A Dictatorship is ________

• One person has supreme political power

• No government

• One person or political party has political power

• Government where there is a king or queen

Totalitarian is __________

• Government exercises absolute power on all aspects of life and takes away the rights of individual citizens

• Government where the king or queen's power is limited by a constitution or elected body

• Government where there is a king or queen

• Government that the religion is the acting government and God is the source of government authority

Monarchy is _______

• Government where there is a king or queen

• Government that the religion is the acting government and God is the source of government authority

• One person has supreme political power

• No government

Absolute Monarchy is ___________

• Government where the king or queen have absolute power

• Government where the king or queen's power is limited by a constitution or elected body

• Government that the religion is the acting government and God is the source of government authority

• Government where only a few people rule the country

Limited Monarchy (Constitutional Monarchy) is __________.

• Government where the king or queen's power is limited by a constitution or elected body

• Government that the religion is the acting government and God is the source of government authority

• Government where only a few people rule the country

• A form of democracy in which all citizens vote on policies

Theocracy is _________.

• Government that the religion is the acting government and God is the source of government authority

• Government where only a few people rule the country

• A form of democracy in which all citizens vote on policies

• A form of democracy in which citizens vote for representatives to vote on policies in their place.

Oligarchy is _________.

• Government where only a few people rule the country

• A form of democracy in which all citizens vote on policies

• A form of democracy in which citizens vote for representatives to vote on policies in their place.

• Government that the religion is the acting government and God is the source of government authority

Direct Democracy is _______.

• A form of democracy in which all citizens vote on policies

• A form of democracy in which citizens vote for representatives to vote on policies in their place.

• Government where only a few people rule the country

• Government that the religion is the acting government and God is the source of government authority