Types of Gov - Vocab Quiz

a government that gives all key powers to the national or central government

• Confederate government
• Federal government
• Unitary government
• Oligarchic government

a loose union of independent states

• Alliance
• Union
• Confederation
• Federation

a government that divides the powers of government between the national government and state or provincial governments

• Federal government
• Unitary government
• Confederate government
• Monarchical government

a plan that provides the rules for government

• declaration of independence
• constitution
• bill of rights
• executive order

a government in which a constitution has authority to place clearly recognized limits on the powers of those who govern

• Authoritarian regime
• Totalitarian government
• Monarchy
• Constitutional government

controlling all aspects of citizens’ economic, political, and social lives

• Democracy
• Authoritarian

• Anarchy
• Oligarchy

a system of government in which the government has total control

• Totalitarianism
• Democracy
• Anarchy
• Monarchy

a system of government in which power is in the hands of one person who has total control

• Dictatorship
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Anarchy

a system of government in which a small group holds power

• Theocracy
• Monarchy
• Democracy
• Oligarchy

a system of government in which a king, queen, or emperor exercises supreme powers of government

• Theocracy
• Oligarchy
• Monarchy
• Democracy