Government Vocabulary

Government where leaders are elected by the people

• theocracy

• democracy

• oligarchy

• anarchy

Every person votes on every issue

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

Government where people elect government officials to make decisions on their behalf

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

rule by a king or queen

• direct democracy

• monarchy

• anarchy

• oligarchy

country ruled by a single leader, who is not elected and uses force to keep power

• oligarchy

• theocracy

• dictatorship

• democracy

government rulers are identical to religious leaders of the dominant religion

• oligarchy

• representative democracy

• dictatorship

• theocracy

government where a few are in control

• theocracy

• oligarchy

• democracy

• monarchy

no government

• monarchy

• democracy

• anarchy

• oligarchy

belief that a monarchy’s power was given to them by the authority of God

• divine right

• limited government

• constitution

• social contract theory

policy of restricting the power of government officials in order to ensure the freedoms of the people

• divine right

• limited government

• constitution

• unalienable rights