Types of Government Review

Government run by religious leader/leaders; no separation of church and state. 

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Monarchy
• Anarchy

Example: United States; citizens vote for representatives on local, state and national levels who make laws.

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

• Theocracy

• Representative Democracy

Example: United Kingdom - ruler is a symbolic head of state with elected members of Parliament who govern.

• Constitutional Monarchy

• President

• Dictator

• Republic

Example: Ancient Greece; citizens gathered to make decisions for their city-states and voted directly on issues.

• Monarchy

• Republic

• Totalitarian

• Direct Democracy

A king, queen, or empress inherits power and rules by divine right.

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Republic

• Monarchy

Government authority is based on the consent of the governed.

• Anarchy
• Monarchy
• Democracy
• Dictatorship

What is the type of government where there is no ruler in charge, and has no structure of authority?

• Anarchy
• Oligarchy
• Theocracy
• Dictatorship

Which type of government do we have in the United States?

• Monarchy

• Representative Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Direct Democracy

A voluntary agreement among citizens to abide by government rules for its protection.

• Social Contract

• Constitution

• Abdication

• Feudalism

What is a government?

• a group of corporations that control laws

• a group of people who overthrow the leaders

• a nation that has no leaders 

• a person or group of people who control a country