EOC Review Types of Governments

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

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Dictatorship

Ruler, king/queen/emperor/empress, etc.), inherits power.  They are the face of the country

• Democracy
• Republic
• Monarchy

type of government controlled by a small group of people or an elite group of people with their interest in mind

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• republic

A form of government that allows people to choose leadership is called

• Democracy

• Communism

• Socialism

How many rulers are in a dictatorship?

• One
• A few
• Many

a system of government by one person with absolute power.

• Autocracy

• anarchy
• oligarchy

Who makes most of the important governmental decisions in an oligarchy?

• the king
• the legislature
• small group of powerful rulers

Why do the individual voters have more power in a democracy than they do in an autocracy or an oligarchy?

• kings are always poor rulers
• the voters get to choose people that make the laws
• representavies elect themselves to lead the citizens 

What form of government does this image represent?

• Oligarchy
• Monarchy
• Socialism

Who has the power in Democracy

• The people

• One single person

• Nobody/everyone rules