Government Quiz

First name:

Last name:

Class:

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• 4
• 5
• 6

a limited government in which citizens elect representatives to do the day-to-day work of governing the country

• Direct democracy
• Representative democracy (republic)
• Dictatorship
• Oligarchy

an unlimited government in which the king or queen holds all the power and has the final say in the government

• Absolute Monarchy
• Theocracy
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Communism

an unlimited government in which a small group or minority rules the country, such as members of one political party, one social class, or one race

• Dictatorship
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Direct Democracy
• Oligarchy

a government in which the power of the ruler is restricted

• Unlimited government
• Theocracy
• Limited government
• Dictatorship

an unlimited government in which one leader has absolute control over citizens’ lives

• Theocracy
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Communism
• Dicatorship

a government in which God or a divine being is recognized as the ultimate authority; can be combined with limited or unlimited forms of government

• Direct Democracy
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Theocracy
• Communism

a government in which the power of the ruler is NOT restricted

• Limited government
• Unlimited government
• Absolute Monarchy
• Dictatorship