Government Pre-Assessment

Which of the following types of government gives the governing power to the citizens of the country?

• Absolute monarchy

• democracy

• dictatorship

• theocracy

Which of the following types of government has a hereditary leader (receives the right to rule based on the family he/she is born into)?

• monarchy

• democracy

• dictatorship

• theocracy

Which of the following types of government has a leader that keeps control of the country through force, violence, or extreme laws?

• monarchy

• democracy

• dictatorship

• theocracy

Which of the following types of government has religious leaders in charge, or religious laws as a part of national law?

• monarchy

• democracy

• dictatorship

• theocracy

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

Which one of the following is an example of limited government?

• Caliphate
• Dictatorship
• Regime
• Democracy

If the leader of a country doesn't like what's printed about her in the newspaper, she has the newspaper shut down.

• Limited
• Unlimited