Forms of Government Quiz

A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives.

• Direct Democracy

• Autocracy

• Republic

• Dictatorship

A government ruled by a few powerful people (military, wealthy...)

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

A system of government in which the power to rule is in the hands of a single individual.

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

• Theocracy

• Anarchy

A government ruled by a king or queen.

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

A government controlled by religious leaders.

• Theocracy

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority.

• Theocracy

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

A system of government in which citizens elect leaders(vote) to make decisions about the laws for all the people.

• Representative Democracy

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Direct Democracy

No government, no laws and no rules.

• Direct Democracy

• Anarchy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

The government in the United States is a direct democracy.

• True

• False

A dictatorship is very much like a democracy.

• True

• False