Year 8 - Types of Government Revision

What is a government?

• A group of people that has the power to rule over a community

• A system of laws and regulations

• A group of religious leaders

• A small group of people with supreme power

What is an autocracy?

• A government where all power is controlled by one person

• A government where power is shared by a few people

• A government where power is shared by the citizens

• A government where power is shared by religious leaders

What are the two most common forms of autocracy?

• Absolute Monarchs and Dictators

• Aristocracy and Theocracy

• Direct Democracies and Representative Democracies

• Oligarchy and Democracy

What is a dictatorship?

• A government where the leader makes it against the law to disagree with the government

• A government where the leader is chosen by the citizens

• A government where the leader has to follow the law

• A government where the leader is a king

What is a democracy?

• A system of government where most citizens can vote and elect people to rule the country

• A government where all power is controlled by one person

• A government where power is shared by a few people

• A government where power is shared by religious leaders

What are the two main types of democracies?

• Direct Democracies and Representative Democracies

• Absolute Monarchs and Dictators

• Aristocracy and Theocracy

• Oligarchy and Democracy

What type of democracy is the United Kingdom?

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

What is an oligarchy?

• A government where all of the power is in the hands of a few people

• A government where power is shared by the citizens

• A government where power is shared by religious leaders

• A government where all power is controlled by one person

What is a theocracy?

• A government where all of the power is in the hands of a few people

• A government where power is shared by the citizens

• A government where power is shared by religious leaders

• A government where all power is controlled by one person

The current UK Prime Minister is _____ _____.

• Keir Starmer

• Liz Truss

• Boris Johnson

• Tony Blair