Forms of Government Quiz

What is a form of government where one leader holds complete power to rule?

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Theocracy

• Communism

In which form of government do the people rule, either directly or through elected representatives?

• Autocracy

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Monarchy

What is a parliamentary democracy?

• A government run by religious leaders

• A government where the legislature controls power

• A government where one leader holds complete power

• A government where the monarch has complete power

Which form of government is run by religious leaders and religious laws?

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Autocracy

• Monarchy

What is an absolute monarchy?

• A government where the monarch is not restricted by any other part of government

• A government where the people rule

• A government where the legislature controls power

• A government run by religious leaders

In a presidential democracy, who holds power as the head of the executive branch?

• The monarch

• The legislature

• The head of government elected by citizens

• Religious leaders

What is communism?

• A form of government where one leader holds complete power

• A political and economic system where all goods and property are owned by the whole society

• A government run by religious leaders

• A government where the legislature controls power

In which form of government is authority over the people retained through a ruling family?

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Monarchy

• Communism

A government which is ruled by one single person is called a ______.

• dictatorship

• oligarchy

• democracy

• republic

Ruler gains their power through heredity - parents were rulers too. And they have total power over the country. Rules don't apply to them.

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Theocracy