xGeo 2.3.4 Government Vocabulary

A type of monarchy where the monarch has unlimited power.

• absolute monarchy
• constitutional monarchy
• authoritarian government
• autocracy

The complete absence of government.

• anarchy
• authoritarian government
• autocracy
• citizen

One person or a small group of people keep strict control. People are not allowed to vote and have few rights. May also be called unlimited government.

• authoritarian government
• autocracy
• citizen
• communism

Rule by a single person.

• autocracy
• citizen
• communism
• constitution

A person who lives within a territory of a government and is granted certain rights and responsibilities.

• citizen
• communism
• constitution
• constitutional monarchy

A form of government in which a single political party controls the government and the economy.

• communism
• constitution
• constitutional monarchy
• democracy

A document that sets up a government.

• constitution
• constitutional monarchy
• democracy
• dictatorship

A type of monarchy where the monarch is limited in power by a set of rules known as a constitution.

• constitutional monarchy
• absolute monarchy
• dictatorship
• direct democracy

A form of government in which the citizens of a country have the power to govern themselves.

• democracy
• dictatorship
• direct democracy
• fascism

A form of government headed by a dictator, or a single person with total power.

• dictatorship
• direct democracy
• fascism
• government