Systems Of Government

What is democracy?

• A government ruled by a king or queen

• Government by the people, both directly or indirectly, with free and frequent elections.

• A government controlled by religious leaders

• A government ruled by a few powerful people

What is a dictatorship?

• A government ruled by a king or queen

• A government controlled by religious leaders

• a lack of government and law

• A government in which one ruler possesses absolute power.

What is anarchy?

• a lack of government and law

• A government in which one ruler possesses absolute power.

• A government controlled by religious leaders

• A government ruled by a few powerful people

What is an oligarchy?

• A government ruled by a king or queen

• A government ruled by a few powerful people

• Government by the people, both directly or indirectly, with free and frequent elections.

• A government controlled by religious leaders

What is a theocracy?

• A government controlled by religious leaders

• A government ruled by a king or queen

• A government in which one ruler possesses absolute power.

• A government ruled by a few powerful people

What is a monarchy?

• Government by the people, both directly or indirectly, with free and frequent elections.

• A government ruled by a king or queen.

• A government controlled by religious leaders

• A government in which one ruler possesses absolute power.