Forms of Government Quiz

A form of government which is characterized by a leader who holds governmental powers with few to no limitations on them.

• Oligarchy

• Bureaucracy

• Dictatorship

• Anarchy

A form of government in which political power is held and exercised by the people.

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

A form of government which is led by a king or queen who is endowed with near absolute power.

• Bureaucracy

• Republic

• Democracy

• Monarchy

A form of government in which all power is in the hands of a small group or in a dominant class.

• Anarchy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Democracy

A form of government in which priests or religious leaders rule in the name of a deity or deities.

• Theocracy

• Imperial court

• Monarchy

• Communism

A form of government in which political power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen by the citizens.

• Direct democracy

• Monarchy

• Republic

• Principality