Purpose and Types of Government Vocabulary

The state or quality of being free is

• liberty

• aristocracy

• governance

• monarchy

The act of overseeing and directing the resources, actions, and responsibilities of a group or place is

• liberty

• cloture

• governance

• brief

The group or organization that makes decisions on behalf of the people in a political unit, such as a country, state, or city is

• parish

• government

• liberty

• governance

A government in which the people hold the power is called a

• democracy

• autocracy

• monarchy

• theocracy

A government in which citizens vote directly on the issues that affect them is called a/an

• confederacy

• autocracy

• theocracy

• direct democracy

The lawmaking body in a government is a

• judiciary

• legislature

• governance

• head of state

A society governed by representatives of the people is a/an

• autocracy

• theocracy

• republic

• fascism

A form of government with a head of state who inherits the position and rules for life is a

• liberty

• republic

• direct democracy

• monarchy

The idea that a government is an agreement between those who are governed and those who govern is

• Totalitarianism concept
• Social contract theory
• Monarchy principle
• Democracy theory

Constitutional monarchy is

• a type of dictatorship with no constitution
• a government led by elected officials only
• a system where the monarch has absolute power
• a form of government where a monarch's powers are limited by a constitution