Government Vocabulary

type of government in which a king or queen has total individual power

• oligarchy

• absolute monarchy

• constitutional monarchy

• republic

type of government in which a king or queen's power is limited by a government body

• constitutional monarchy

• dictatorship

• absolute monarchy

• democracy

type of government in which citizens vote to make decisions

• republic

• democracy

• anarchy

• oligarchy

type of government in which citizens elect leaders to make decisions

• anarchy

• constitutional monarchy

• theocracy

• republic

type of government in which the leader seizes power by using force and fear

• theocracy

• democracy

• anarchy

• dictatorship

type of government in which a religious leader has power

• theocracy

• oligarchy

• absolute monarchy

• constitutional monarchy

type of government in which only a few people have all the power

• anarchy

• oligarchy

• republic

• democracy

the absence of government

• oligarchy

• democracy

• anarchy

• theocracy

goods that are brought into a country from another place

• exports

• imports

goods that a country sends out to other places

• imports

• exports