Government Vocabulary

A type of government with unlimited power passed down from parent to child with a leader called king, queen, emperor or emir

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

A type of government with unlimited power held by the wealthiest people

• Republic

• Aristocracy

• Theocracy

• Military Junta

A type of government with limited powers passed down from parent to child but with a constitution written by citizens

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Republic

A type of government with unlimited power held by one person with absolute power, usually gained by force

• Democracy

• Military Junta

• oligarchy

• Dictatorship

A type of government with limited power where the citizens directly write the laws and vote on all decisions

• Republic

• Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Dictatorship

A type of government with unlimited power held by a group of military leaders

• Republic

• Dictatorship

• Military Junta

• Junta Military

A type of government with limited power were citizens elect representatives (leaders) to speak for them and the representatives elect the prime minister

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Republic

• Absolute Monarchy

A type of government with limited power were citizens elect representatives (leaders) and the president to speak for them

• Republic

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

A type of government with unlimited power held by a group of religious leaders

• Aristocracy

• Military junta

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

A type of government with unlimited power led by a small group of powerful people

• Oligarchy

• Representative democracy

• democracy

• authoritarian