Government Unit 1

Type of government where citizens elect leaders to represent them in government

• Representative democracy
• Direct democracy
• Absolute monarchy
• Oligarchy

One person runs the government making decisions for the whole group

• Autocracy
• Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• Oligarchy

Type of government where citizens where citizens vote on ALL major decisions

• Direct democracy
• Parliamentary democracy
• Presidential democracy
• Representative democracy

Government where one person rules a country by force and is often self-appointed

• Democracy
• Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• Oligarchy

A government run by a small group of leaders

• Oligarchy
• Theocracy
• Aristocracy
• Autocracy

A government where citizens have decision-making power

• Dictatorship
• Oligarchy
• Representative democracy
• Democracy

Chief executive in a parliamentary democracy

• Prime minister
• President
• Monarch
• Member of Parliament

Chief executive and head of state in a presidential democracy

• Chancellor
• Prime minister
• Monarch
• President

Representative democracy where the executive branch is part of the legislative branch

• Direct democracy
• Presidential democracy
• Parliamentary democracy
• Republic

Representative democracy where the executive branch is separate from the legislative branch

• Presidential democracy
• Republic
• Direct democracy
• Parliamentary democracy