Types of Governments

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Monarchy

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(b) Dictator

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(c) Democracy

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(d) Theocracy

• power based off consent of the people

• religious laws govern society

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• authoritarian rule

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• rule by divine right

• controlled by religious leader

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• one person or party as total control

• royal lineage

• two types direct or representative

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What citizenship practice best characterizes a dictatorship?

• voting to elect those opposed to the dicator

• attending demonstrations to show support of the government

• writing letters to newspaper attacking government policies

• joining a political party opposed to the government

A ​ (a)   government is often characterized by ​ (b)  

• theocratic
• censorship, religious laws, and repression
• republic
• the existence of multiple political parties
• a written consitution
• democracy

"Give Venezuela an executive power in the person of a president chosen by the people, and you will have taken a great step toward national happiness. No matter what citizen occupies this office, he will be aided by the Constitution, and being authorized to do good, he can do no harm, because his ministers will cooperate with him only insofar as he abides by the law. If he attempts to infringe upon the law, his ministers will desert him, isolating him from the Republic and they will bring charges against him in the Senate"

-Simon Bolivar, 1819

In this passage, which type of government does Simon Bolivar propose for Venezuela?

• theocracy

• democarcy

• monarchy

• dictatorship

Which characteristics are shared by political cultures of the United States, Great Britain and Mexico?

• a union of political and religious authority

• a hereditary monarch

• a totalitarian government

• a democratically elected national legislature

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) GREAT BRITAIN

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(b) UNITED STATES

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(c) BOTH

• this country has a written constitution

• the head of the government and the head of the state are the same individual

• this country has a constitutional monarchy

• the Prime Minister is the head of government

• this country has an independent judiciary

In the upcoming elections in your country, which type of government would allow you to choose representatives to make decisions on your behalf?

• Republic

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

• Dictatorship

What type of government has a leader who has absolute power?

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Dictatorship

A queen rules a nation. When she dies, the throne will pass to her daughter. What kind of government does this nation have? 

• a monarchy 
• a theocracy
• a dictatorship
• a representative democracy

What type of government recognizes God or a divine being as the ultimate authority?

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy