Types of Government

A government whose powers are not restricted through laws or a constitution

• limited government

• unlimited government

a form of government that has a single person as its head such as a king, queen, emperor, or empress

• anarchy

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• representative democracy

Type of government that uses a constitution to rule

• absolute monarchy

• totalitarian

• anarchy

• constitutionalism

A society without a government, there is no political order

• anarchy

• oligarchy

• democracy

• theocracy

A government whose powers are restricted through laws or a constitution

• limited government

• unlimited government

Type of government that attempts to assert total control over its citizens

• oligarchy

• theocracy

• totalitarian

• constitutionalism

A government by the people, the people have a say in how the government is run. They do this by voting, though there are usually rules about who can vote

• absolute monarchy

• theocracy

• oligarchy

• democracy

a small group of people having control of a country, organization or institution

• democracy

• absolute monarchy

• oligarchy

• theocracy

The belief that rulers were chosen by God to rule and were his representatives on Earth

• theocracy

• divine right

• monarchy

• anarchy

a form of government in which a person rules with no real constitutional limitations

• dictatorship

• constitutional monarchy

• junta

• anarchy