Types of Government Formative

Example: United States; citizens vote for representatives on local, state and national levels who make laws.

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

• Theocracy

• Representative Democracy

Example: Modern day – England – ruler is a symbolic head of state with elected members of Parliament who govern.

• Constitutional Monarchy
• President
• Dictator
• Republic

Example: Ancient Greece; citizens gathered to make decisions for their city-states and voted directly on issues.

• Monarchy

• Republic

• Totalitarian

• Direct Democracy

Ruler, king/queen/emperor/empress, etc.), inherits power.  Rules by divine right- given power to rule by God.

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Republic
• Monarchy

 Self-appointed single person/group rules controlling all aspects of public life (example: freedom of speech) often through military force, intimidation

• Dictatorship
• Totalitarian
• Monarchy
• Liberty

When the central government is run by a small group of people who all have similar beliefs on how to control the nation.

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Parliamentary

Which of the following is based on the election of representatives?

• Republic (Representative Democracy)

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

• Communism

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

• limited monarchy

• absolute monarchy

• constitutional monarchy

• unlimited monarchy

Type of government with absolute power over the people, usually with only one political party.

• empire

• republic

• totalitarian

• democracy

Type of government ruled by a king or queen who are restrained by a constitution which protects the rights of their subjects.

• dictatorship

• unilateral monarchy

• absolute monarchy

• limited monarchy