Types of Government Review

Government run by religious leader/leaders; no separation of church and state. 

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Monarchy
• Anarchy

Type of government ruled by a king or queen with unrestricted political power.

• limited monarchy

• absolute monarchy

• constitutional monarchy

• unlimited monarchy

Government with a single leader, usually unelected, who uses force to retain control.

• monarchy

• democracy

• theocracy

• dictatorship

Type of government where the people rule directly by voting; political power comes from the people.

• republic

• democracy

• oligarchy

• monarchy

There are 2 types of democracies. They are

• republican and democrats

• senate and house of representatives

• representative and direct

• American and United States

An autocracy is a government with

• a small group who rules

• no ruler

• all who rule

• one ruler

In an oligarchy,

• one rules

• a few rule

• all rule

• no one rules

Which type of government is being described?
It was Coronation Day! The country had just been through the great sadness of the queen being killed in a terrible car accident. The country was in complete shock that the queen was no longer with us! The ceremony to transfer the queen's title to Princess Olivia was scheduled to start in half an hour! The previously saddened country was now buzzing with excitement once again!

• democracy
• dictatorship
• monarchy

Who makes most of the important governmental decisions in an oligarchy?

• the king
• the people
• the legislature
• small group of powerful rulers

You are a member of a small group of extremely wealthy (rich) people in a country. Because of your wealth, you and the other members of the group have a lot of political power. This power allows you and all the other members of the group to make the major decisions for the country, giving you control of the country. What type of political system is this?

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• democracy

• oligarchy