Government Type Quiz Practice

No government is in place

• Absolute Monarchy

• Direct Democracy

• Anarchy

• Dictatorship

Citizens elect representatives; a king or queen is given limited power by a constitution

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

• Democracy

Ruled by a small group of wealthy and well educated people.

• Dictatorship

• Aristocracy

• Theocracy

• Monarchy

Ruled by a king or queen

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Aristocracy

• Dictatorship

Ruled by the people through elected representatives

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Theocracy

• Dictatorship

Citizens participate in all decisions for the country; All people are members of the government, also called pure democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

• Direct Democracy

Ruled by religious law, where God or another divine being is the ultimate authority. Priests or religious leaders rule in the name of deity or deities.

• Theocracy

• Dictatorship

• Representative Democracy

• Constitutional Monarchy

Ruled by a few- based on race, religion, or military control. Ex: Theocracy and Aristocracy.

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Democracy

A royal family rules with total power & control; Power passes through family lines. Monarch rules with unlimited power.

• Absolute Monarchy

• Direct Democracy

• Anarchy

• Dictatorship

Ruled by one person who seized control. Government where absolute power is usually gained with force by a single person or small group of people.

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Dictatorship

• Anarchy