Political Systems

A government in which only one person is in charge.

• Autocracy
• Democracy

A government in which citizens often have no rights.

• Democracy
• Dictatorship

A government which can exist with other forms of government.

• Dictatorship
• Theocracy

A government led by a king or a queen.

• Monarchy
• Oligarchy

Nobody is in charge.

• Monarchy
• Anarchy

Those in charge are military members who took over by force.

• Junta
• Democracy

The leader of this type of government often share power with other parts of the government, like in Britain.

• Monarchy
• Dictatorship

A type of democracy in which citizens elect other citizens to serve in the government.

• Direct democracy
• Representative democracy

A government in which citizens vote to elect their leaders.

• Republic (Representative Democracy)

• Autocracy

A small group rules the country.

• Oligarchy
• Democracy