Types of Government

Example: Modern day – England – ruler is a symbolic head of state with elected members of Parliament who govern.

• Constitutional Monarchy
• President
• Dictator
• Republic

Ruler, king/queen/emperor/empress, etc.), inherits power.  Rules by divine right- given power to rule by God.

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Republic
• Monarchy

What type of government is it if the ruler takes over by force?

• democracy

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• oligarchy

In a democracy the power of government is limited by a system of __________ and __________.

• voting and being informed

• legislative and judical

• rights and reponsibilites

• checks and balances

Which type of government is being described? Mufasa, the king has died. Simba is the heir to the throne. Simba's wicked uncle plots to become the pride's new king.

• democracy

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• oligarchy

Example: Saddam Hussein from Iraq in the 1980s-2000s

• Supreme Leader

• Pope

• Dictator

• Monarch

Government authority is based on the consent of the governed.

• Anarchy
• Monarchy
• Democracy
• Dictatorship

Example: United States; citizens vote for representatives on local, state and national levels who make laws.

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

• Theocracy

• Representative Democracy

_________ is a type of government as well as an economic system (a way of creating and sharing wealth). In a _______ system, individual people do not own land, factories, or machinery. Instead, the government or the whole community owns these things. Everyone is supposed to share the wealth that they create.

• Democracy

• Communism

• Dictatorship

• Republic

Which type of government is being described? Today is the first Tuesday in November. Today is Election Day! Everyone who is over eighteen years old has the right to vote for the leader of his/her country.

• democracy

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• oligarchy