Types of Government

A ____________ is governed of the people, by the people and for the people. Here citizens of the country can run for public office.

• Theocracy

• Autocracy

• Democracy

A ___________ where a single individual has gained power through force and everyone has to follow his policies. He’s the big bully. The boys have little to no voice in such a system. Oftentimes the advisors who control the equipment kit are his close friends. Examples of dictators are Adolf Hitler in Germany and Fidel Castro of Cuba.

• Republic

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

Some nations are __________, such as the USA. It is a democratic model – people are elected to government office by voters. It is however, headed by a single individual whose office is also elected by the people – the President.

• Republics

• Theocracies

• Monarchies

The ideal of _________ is equality for everyone - a system which should especially benefit workers who have historically done the work while others have received the rewards.

However, in reality, it is very hard to maintain complete equality and leaders in this form of government have often maintained power - and ‘equality’ - using the same forceful tactics as dictatorships.

• Socialism

• Communism

• Despotism

_____________ is a conceptual form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people. These people may or may not be distinguished by one or several characteristics, such as nobility, fame, wealth, education, or corporate, religious, political, or military control.

• Monarchy

• Fascism

• Oligarchy

Under ____________, the people had few freedoms. They had no voice in the government. Instead, a strong leader controlled everything and became a symbol of the country. The leader built up the police force to punish people who disobeyed.

• Fascism

• Socialism

• Democracy

A ___________ is a system of government that is ruled by a king or queen whose power is limited by its country's constitution.

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Theocracy

A __________ is a state that is governed by a government that derives its authority directly from a religion, usually invoking the authority of a religious deity and basing their laws on religious texts.

• Autocracy

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

____________ s a way to organize a society. It deals mostly with the economy, or the part of a society that creates wealth. Its goal is to spread wealth more evenly and to treat all people fairly. People have had different ideas about how to create a socialist society.

• Socialism

• Communism

• Anarchism

_________ is a system in which people gave kings and lords money and worked in exchange for protection. Fiefs were lands given out to vassals, and vassals were the people getting the land.

• Anarchy

• Totalitarian

• Feudalism