There is a sole ruler over the people, and this ruler is often oppressive and limits the rights of their citizens

An example of direct democracy, this allows citizens to propose and enact state and local laws directly?

An example of direct democracy where citizens vote to approve or reject laws passed by a legislature?

Elected officials create and vote on laws in a...

A system of government in which citizens exercise supreme power, acting either directly on their own or through elected representatives?

A system of government in which a single person or group exercises supreme power by controlling all of society - opposite of democracy?

A system of government in which a single ruler exercises supreme power based on heredity or divine right?

Another name for a representative democracy, this is a system of government where supreme power rests with the citizens who elect leaders to represent their interests. E.g. the United States and ancient Rome.

An economic system that relies mainly on markets to determine what goods and services to produce and how to produce them; Laissez faire; also called capitalism or free market?

An economic system that relies mainly on the central government to determine what goods and services to produce and how to produce them; form of communism

Tyrannical rulers who rule in their own self-interest and abuse the rights of their citizens/subjects?

A system of government in which the powers of the monarch are limited by a constitution, either written or unwritten?

An extreme form of authoritarianism where the government seeks to control every aspect of citizens' lives; E.g. Soviet Union and Nazi Germany

Workers overthrow the rich, and the government has complete control. What type of government would this be?

What is the main DIFFERENCE between a presidential democracy and a parliamentary democracy?

Oligarchy is known as:

From 1948-1994, official policy in South

Africa gave white people all the political

power. Even though the majority of South

Africans were black, non-whites could not

influence government. White South

Africans elected representatives to sit in a

lawmaking body. What forms of government did South Africa have?

One man leads North Korea and controls its government. He also controls its ruling political party. The ruling party chooses candidates for an Assembly, and citizens vote. The candidates do not have opponents, so citizens have no choices.

The hands off type of economy is often call laissez-faire. Which of the following is accurate in this type of economy?

What type of economy does the United States have?

This is the overthrow of a government, usually by the military and violent in nature, and translates "blow to the state"?

Which is NOT an example of direct democracy?

This system has a strong central government and the states/regions only have powers delegated to them.

What system of government is shown in the image?

What System of Government does the United States have - power is divided between the national government and regional/state governments?