Types of Governments Quiz

What is a government?

• A system of political rule that governs a city, state or country.

• A person and his/her friends that run a country

• A document that has rules to control a country

• When a president is in charge of a country.

Select the answer that is NOT a type government in the world

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

• Republican

In the United States of America we have a __________ government.

• Democratic
• Republican

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

When the people or citizens of a state vote directly for a candidate to be governor, this is called __________.

• Representative democracy

• Direct Responsibility

• Republic

• Direct Democracy

When a citizen votes for a person to represent them in congress, we call this __________.

• Republican Democracy

• Representative democracy

• Monarchy

• Capitalism

In the United States, we have 3 levels of government. What are they?

• Executive, State, and Local governments

• Federal, State, and local governments

• Federal, Judicial, and State governments

• Executive, Legislative, and Federal

What is the written document that tells how our country is organized, who is in charge of each part, and who can write the laws?

• Amendments

• Bill of Rights

• Capitalism

• Constitution

What are the 3 Branches of our Federal Government?

• Democracy, Monarchy, and Republic

• Democrats, Republicans, and Independents

• Executive, Legislative, and Judicial

• Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Amendments

What is an Amendment?

• A change in the constitution

• A government that has direct democracy

• A list of rules that give citizen’s rights

• A new rule that takes away citizen’s rights

What are the 1st 10 Amendments called

• Constitution

• 1st 10 Amendments

• Bill of Rights

• Totalitarianism Act