Government Practice

Example: United States; citizens vote for representatives on local, state and national levels who make laws.

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

• Theocracy

• Representative Democracy

Example: Modern day – England – ruler is a symbolic head of state with elected members of Parliament who govern.

• Constitutional Monarchy
• President
• Dictator
• Republic

Example: Ancient Greece; citizens gathered to make decisions for their city-states and voted directly on issues.

• Monarchy

• Republic

• Totalitarian

• Direct Democracy

Ruler, king/queen/emperor/empress, etc.), inherits power.  Rules by divine right- given power to rule by God.

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Republic
• Monarchy

 Self-appointed single person/group rules controlling all aspects of public life (example: freedom of speech) often through military force, intimidation

• Dictatorship
• Totalitarian
• Monarchy
• Liberty

What type of government is being described? Fidel Castro held total authority over the citizens of Cuba and punished those who were against him.

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Dictatorship 
• Oligarchy

Which type of government do we have in the United States?

• Monarchy

• Representative Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Direct Democracy

When the central government is run by a small group of people who all have similar beliefs on how to control the nation.

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Parliamentary

Which of the following is a good example of a dictatorship?

• Great Britain
• Germany
• North Korea
• Canada

Having a clear line of succession (knowing who will rule next because power is inherited) is an advantage of which form of government?

• Dictatorship

• Presidential Democracy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Monarchy