Credit Recovery-Types of Government

Match

Match the following

• a hereditary ruler controls the government and decides what it should do

• people who govern themselves without a monarch

• ordinary citizens hold supreme power because all government decisions ultimately comes from the people

• power rest in the hands of an individual or a small group that tells everyone else what to do

• religious leaders control government

monarchy

republic

democracy

dictator

theocracy

• monarchy

• republic

• democracy

• dictator

• theocracy

Multiple Choice

Which types of government are most closely linked with these characteristics?

• theocracy/republic

• monarchy/democracy

• democracy/dictatorship

• monarchy/dictatorship

Multiple Choice

What citizenship practice best characterizes a dictatorship?

• voting to elect those opposed to the dictator

• attending demonstration to show support of the government

• writing letters to newspapers attacking government policies

• joining a political party opposed to the government

Multiple Choice

A theocratic government is often characterized by-

• the existence of multiple political parties

• censorship, religious laws, and repression

• a written constitution

• direct elections for government decisions

Multiple Choice

In this passage, which type of government does Simon Bolivar propose for Venezuela?

• theocracy

• democracy

• monarchy

• dictatorship

Multiple Choice

What characteristics are shared by the political cultures of the United States, Great Britain, and Mexico?

• a union of political and religious authority

• a hereditary monarch

• a totalitarian government

• a democratically elected national legislature

Multiple Choice

Which was a characteristic of many African nations after their independence?

• one-party system

• theocratic government

• constitutional monarchy

• direct democracy