Government Vocab Review

The governing body of a nation, state, or community. Citizens trade freedoms for protection.

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Government

• State of Nature

A system of government in which one person has absolute power.

Examples of this type include Monarchies and Dictatorships.

• Theocracy

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Malarchy

An autocracy where one leader has absolute control over citizens' lives.

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Theocracy

Government type in which people have the opportunity to have active participation in decision making through voting.

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Unitary

A type of government in which people vote for representatives to carry out the work of the government.

• Direct Democracy

• Presidential Democracy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Representative Democracy

A type of government in which citizens rule directly.

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Presidential Democracy

In a Presidential Democracy the leader is ____________ elected. In a Parliamentary Democracy the leader is _________ elected.

• directly, directly

• indirectly, directly

• indirectly, indirectly

• directly, indirectly

A type of government that holds a foundation in religion.

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

Branch of government that identifies the leaders.

• Executive

• Legislative

• Parliament

Having two parts to the lawmaking body of a government.

• Bicameral legislature

• Unitary system

• Tripod

• Executive branch