Government Types/Democracy Types

Rule by one

• Democracy: Constitutional Monarchy

• Dictatorship & Communism

• Autocracy: Dictatorship & Absolute Monarchy

• Absolute Monarchy & Republic

Power is not inherited, but usually taken by force. A leader has absolute power.

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Republic

• Dictatorship

• Absolute Monarchy

What type of government is ruled by one person?

• Autocracy
• Democracy
• Oligarchy

What type of government is ruled by the people? 

• Autocracy
• Democracy
• Oligarchy

What type of democracy is ruled by all citizens being active in day to day decisions of the government? 

• Republic
• Direct
• Totalitarian

Government led by a king or queen

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

• Democracy

Citizens often have no rights in this form of government.

• Representative Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Direct Democracy

Nobody is in charge

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Anarchy

Type of democracy where citizens elect others to serve in the government

• Direct

• Represenatative

• Monarchy

Type of government where rulers often inherit their power from a parent/family...

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Anarchy