Systems of Government

What form of government is controlled by a single ruler who assumes total control, often by force?

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

Which government type allows citizens to have the greatest amount of political influence?

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Dictatorship

How is the leader of the country usually selected in a representative democracy?

• Citizens get together as a large group, discuss, debate, and then choose a leader.

• The leader is born into power.

• Citizens get to vote directly for the leader or indirectly through their representatives.

In which system of government is the power held by a small group of people?

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

In what system of government does a person become the sole leader of a country by being born into a family of leaders?

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

In what form of government is the power of the king/queen limited by law?

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Absolute Monarchy

What form of government transmits authority according to the rules of heredity?

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

The King of England, the dictator of Cuba, and the President of the United States all believe that government:

• should protect the people

• should be controlled by a king or a queen

• should allow citizens to make decisions

• should decide on the religious and cultural values practiced

A type of government in which laws are made by people elected by the majority of the nation’s residents is known as a ________ democracy

• absolute

• direct

• representative

• constitutional

Choose the correct order from total government control to no government control.

• Democracy

  Oligarchy

  Anarchy

  Absolute Monarchy

• Absolute Monarchy

  Oligarchy

  Democracy

  Anarchy

• Absolute Monarchy

  Anarchy

  Democracy

  Oligarchy

• Anarchy

  Democracy

  Oligarchy

  Absolute Monarchy