Types of Government Review

True/False: A government can be both a theocracy and a monarchy.

• True

• False

In which type of government do citizens elect representatives to serve in government?

• Anarchy

• Oligarchy

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

When people do not answer to a leader or a government, they have a(n)...

• Direct democracy

• Dictatorship

• Anarchy

• Oligarchy

What type of government is lead by a king or queen?

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

A ________ is a form government in which one person has all the power.

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Anarchy

• Autocracy

Name the form of government that is a Greek work, meaning, “rule by a few.”

• Representative Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

In Switzerland, citizens elect representatives to sit in two different lawmaking assemblies, but citizens also vote several times a year to decide on laws.

Which forms of government exist in Switzerland?

• Monarchy

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Autocracy

Saudi Arabia is led by a king. The king appoints a Council of Ministers to help govern, but there are no elections. Saudi Arabia’s Basic Law states that the country’s constitution is the Islamic holy book the Qur’an and other religious traditions.

Which forms of government are in place in Saudi Arabia?

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Anarchy

• Monarchy

True/False: A monarchy can be like a dictatorship, where the leader has absolute control.

• True

• False

Why are direct democracies not a possibility for most modern countries?

• Most countries are not democracies.

• Most countries are too large for a direct democracy.

• Direct democracy is a possibility for modern countries.

• Most countries are too small for a direct democracy.