EOC review: Types of Governments and Economics

Government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials directly.

• Direct Democracy
• Autocracy
• Representative Democracy
• Oligarchy

A form of government in which the people select representatives to govern them and make laws.

• Direct Democracy
• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Republic/Indirect Democracy

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

• Dictatorship
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Democracy

A government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power.

• monarchy
• Authoritarian

• oligarchy
• anarchy

a system of government by one person with absolute power.

• monarchy
• Autocracy

• anarchy
• oligarchy

A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority.

• Oligarchy
• Dictatorship

• Democracy
• Anarchy

A system of government in which the head of state is a hereditary position and the king or queen has almost complete power

• Absolute Monarchy

• Dictatorship
• Oligarchy
• Anarchy

A government ruled by a few powerful people

• Monarchy
• Democracy
• Anarchy
• Oligarchy

Advantages of Democracy

• Advantages of Democracy include equal representation, freedom of speech, political participation, and checks and balances.
• Advantages of Democracy include inequality and lack of checks and balances
• Advantages of Democracy include censorship and lack of political participation
• Advantages of Democracy include dictatorship and oppression

An economic system based on private ownership of capital

• Socialism
• Communism
• Feudalism
• Capitalism