Comparing Governments (SSCG1a&b)

Form of government in which all of the power is held by one, central government or agency.

• Federal system
• Unitary system
• Confederate system
• Autocratic system

Form of government in which the power is shared between the central government and various local governments.

• Federal
• Confederate
• Autocratic
• Unitary

Form of government in which there is an alliance of independent states.

• Federation
• Unitary
• Monarchy
• Confederation

Type of government in which the supreme power rests with the people.

• Oligarchy
• Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• Democracy

Type of government in which one individual holds absolute power. Citizens have virtually no power or influence in this type of government.

• Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Anarchy
• Autocracy

Type of government in which a small group of elites hold all political power.

• Monarchy
• Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Anarchy

No government...

• anarchy
• monarchy
• dictatorship
• democracy

A specific variation of autocracy that contains a royal element such as a king or queen...

• Oligarchy
• Monarchy
• Democracy
• Dictatorship

Specific type of democracy in which the citizens elect the legislature directly, but not the head executive. Rather, the head executive is selected by the legislature...

• Presidential democracy
• Direct democracy
• Autocratic democracy
• Parliamentary democracy

Specific type of democracy in which citizens have the ability to directly elect both the legislature and the head executive...

• Presidential democracy
• Constitutional monarchy
• Direct democracy
• Parliamentary democracy