SW Asia Government Vocabulary Terms

Which of the following is NOT one of the three branches of Democracy?

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Federalistic

• Executive

In this government, citizens vote for legislature, who then picks the executive (Prime Minister).

• Autocracy

• Parliamentary

• Confederation

• Unitary

In this form of government, citizens vote for legislature and executive (President) separately.

• Presidential

• Democracy

• Communism

• Theocracy

This type of government is led by a king or queen who traditionally makes the major decisions.

• Theocracy

• Communism

• Confederation

• Moarchy

In this type of government, God is seen as the ultimate leader; laws are based on religious beliefs; religious leaders run the government.

• Theocracy

• Communism

• Monarchy

• Democracy

In this type of government, all property and wealth are equally owned by all the members of a classless society.

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Communism

• Autocracy

This government is led by a small group of people with wealth or power.

• Federal

• Oligarchy

• Communism

• Parliamentary

In this type of government, power is held by one central (national) authority.

• Democracy

• Communism

• Unitary

• Theocracy

In this type of government, power is shared among different levels of government.

• Federal

• Communism

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

In this type of government, local government holds all the power and the central government depends on them.

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Presidential

• Confederation