Types of Government

One person in charge

• Autocracy

• Democracy

Citizens have often have no rights

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

Led by a king or queen

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

Can exist with other forms of government

• Theocracy

• Dictatorship

Nobody is in charge

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

Those in charge are military members who took over by force

• Junta

• Democracy

Leader often shares power with other parts of the government

• Democracy

• Monarchy

Democracy where citizens elect others to serve in government

• Direct

• Representative

Citizens vote to elect their leaders

• Democracy

• Autocracy

A small group rules the country

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy