types of government

A form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few

• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Democracy
• Pewtarchy

Government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others.

• Monarchy
• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Pewtarchy

A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Democracy
• Dictatorship

Who makes most of the important governmental decisions in an oligarchy?

• the king
• the people
• the legislature
• small group of powerful rulers

What type of government is ruled by force? 

• Theocracy 
• Democarcy
• Dictatorship 
• Monarchy 

A form of government in which citizens choose representatives through free and fair elections to make decisions on their behalf.

• Representative Democracy
• Federalism
• Unitary System
• Direct Democracy

Why do the individual voters have more power in a democracy than they do in an autocracy or an oligarchy?

• kings are always poor rulers
• the voters get to choose people that make the laws
• all of the power stays in the hands of the local government
• the voters in democratic countries always choose the best qualified leaders that always do a good job

A government ruled by a king or queen.

• Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• Democracy 

What type of government is it if the leader inherits his/her position?

• democracy

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• oligarchy

Which type of government is being described? Today is the first Tuesday in November. Today is Election Day! Everyone who is over eighteen years old has the right to vote for the leader of his/her country.

• democracy

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• oligarchy