Forms of Government

Which type of government is ruled by a small group of people?

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Republic

In which system does a single ruler hold all the power, often without legal constraints?

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Autocracy

• Republic

What type of government is ruled directly by God or by religious laws?

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

Which government system has a king or queen with full control over the government?

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Totalitarian

• Authoritarian

What is a government called where the power is in the hands of the citizens, either directly or through elected representatives?

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Autocracy

Which term describes a government where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life?

• Republic

• Authoritarian

• Totalitarian

• Democracy

What type of government is a public matter, not the private concern or property of the rulers, and where the state's head is not a monarch?

• Monarchy

• Republic

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

Which term best describes a government that concentrates power in the hands of a leader or a small elite that is not constitutionally responsible to the body of the people?

• Democracy

• Totalitarian

• Authoritarian

• Republic

In which system of government does a king or queen serve as the state's head, but their powers are entirely ceremonial, and real power lies in another branch of government?

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a democratic government?

• Rule of law

• Free and fair elections

• Control by a single political party

• Protection of human rights