Government Vocabulary Quiz

What is the form of government where the monarch rules unhindered?

• Absolute monarchy

• Authoritarian

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

What is a form of government in which state authority is imposed onto many aspects of citizens' lives?

• Commonwealth

• Democratic republic

• Totalitarian

• Unitary

What is a nation, state, or other political entity founded on law and united by a compact of the people for the common good?

• Confederacy

• Ecclesiastical

• Parliamentary democracy

• Socialism

What is a system of government in which a monarch is guided by a constitution?

• Constitutional monarchy

• Maoism

• Presidential democracy

• Sultanate

What is a form of government in which the people retain the supreme power?

• Democracy

• Islamic republic

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

What is a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them?

• Democratic republic

• Leninism

• Parliamentary monarchy

• Sultanate

What is a form of government in which a ruler or small clique wields absolute power?

• Authoritarian

• Dictatorship

• Maoism

• Socialism

What is a government administrated by a church?

• Commonwealth

• Ecclesiastical

• Maoism

• Totalitarian

What is a government in which control is exercised by a small group of individuals whose authority is based on wealth or power?

• Oligarchy

• Parliamentary democracy

• Presidential democracy

• Unitary

What is a political system in which the legislature selects the government according to party strength as expressed in elections?

• Confederacy

• Federal

• Parliamentary monarchy

• Parliamentary democracy