Civics EOC Category 4 Vocabulary Review

Type of government in which the power to govern lies directly in the hands of the people rather than being exercised through their representatives.

• direct democracy

• oligarchy

• socialism

• representative democracy

Type of government in which the people elect representatives to carry on the work of the government for them. The United States is one. Also called a republic.

• direct democracy

• oligarchy

• socialism

• representative democracy

Type of government in which all power belongs to a small group of people.

• direct democracy

• oligarchy

• socialism

• representative democracy

Economic system where working people own and control the means of production and distribution

• direct democracy

• oligarchy

• socialism

• representative democracy

The economic and political system in which the government owns the means of production and decides what will be produced.

• autocracy

• monarchy

• communism

• absolute monarchy

Type of government having a ruler who inherits the position

• autocracy

• monarchy

• communism

• absolute monarchy

Type of government where one person has unlimited power. North Korea is an example.

• autocracy

• monarchy

• communism

• absolute monarchy

Type of government in which the monarch has absolute power among his people.

• autocracy

• monarchy

• communism

• absolute monarchy

Type of government in which the people elect representatives to carry on the work of the government for them. The United States is one. Also called a representative democracy.

• confederal system

• federal system

• parliamentary system

• republic

Government in which the executive branch is held accountable to the legislature (parliament).

• confederal system

• federal system

• parliamentary system

• republic