Types of Government

a limited government in which citizens elect representatives to do the day-to-day work of governing the country

• Direct democracy
• Representative democracy (republic)
• Dictatorship
• Oligarchy

an unlimited government in which the king or queen holds all the power and has the final say in the government

• Absolute Monarchy
• Theocracy
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Communism

an unlimited government in which a small group or minority rules the country, such as members of one political party, one social class, or one race

• Dictatorship
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Direct Democracy
• Oligarchy

a government in which the power of the ruler is restricted

• Unlimited government
• Theocracy
• Limited government
• Dictatorship

an unlimited government in which one leader has absolute control over citizens’ lives

• Theocracy
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Communism
• Dicatorship

a government in which God or a divine being is recognized as the ultimate authority; can be combined with limited or unlimited forms of government

• Direct Democracy
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Theocracy
• Communism

a government in which the power of the ruler is NOT restricted

• Limited government
• Unlimited government
• Absolute Monarchy
• Dictatorship

a limited government in which citizens are directly involved in the day-to-day work of governing the country; people vote on laws themselves, without representatives

• Direct Democracy
• Theocracy
• Representative Democracy
• Communism

a limited government in which the king or queen has a mainly ceremonial/symbolic role; the actual form of government is a democracy

• Absolute Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• Direct Democracy
• Constitutional Monarchy

an unlimited government in which the communist state is ruled by one political party (Communist) and the people do not have freedoms

• Theocracy
• Communism
• Dictatorship
• Absolute Monarchy