Government Types

Power is not inherited, but usually taken by force. A leader has absolute power.

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Republic

• Dictatorship

• Absolute Monarchy

What type of government is based on the power of religious authority?

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Junta

Which government type exists where there are actually no existing government structures or laws in society. People live under absolute freedom. 

• Autocracy
• Anarchy
• Theocracy
• Hinduism

Which government type exists where citizens vote on every law and policy and the majority always wins?

• Representative Democracy

• Democratic Republic

• Direct Democracy

• Theocratic Democracy

Which government type allowed people to vote for officials to represent them in government?

• Direct Democracy
• Judicial System
• Representative Democracy
• Executive Branch

What type of government is ruled by the people? 

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

What type of government is ruled by a small group of people? 

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

In North Korea, Kim Jong Un makes all of the decisions himself and does not care what the people want. He rules with absolute power. What kind of government is in place? 

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

• Theocracy

Government where the people hold the power through voting for representatives who speak for the population.

• Representative Democracy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Theocracy

A government that is completely controlled by a king or queen who runs for life and makes all decisions.

• Direct Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Dictatorship