210 - QUIZ Types of Government

What is government?

• the total size of a country and how many people live there

• an organization that keeps order, sets rules, and provides services for a society

absence of government

• anarchy

• democracy

power taken by force

• dictatorship

• democracy

royal family; power is inherited

• communism

• monarchy

Which type of government has the citizens vote for people on local, state, and national levels who make laws?

• republic

• anarchy

• dictatorship

Modern day England is an example of this government type. The ruler is a symbolic head of state and there are elected members of Parliament who make the laws and decisions for the country.

• president

• republic

• constitutional

  monarchy

• dictator

What type of government is being described? Fidel Castro of Cuba held total authority over the citizens and punished anyone that went against him.

• democracy

• dictatorship

• monarchy

What type of government is being described? Mufasa, the king has died. Simba is the rightful heir to the throne. Simba's wicked uncle plots to become the new king.

• monarchy

• anarchy

• communism

What type of government is being described? A single person in charge the controls all aspects of public life often through military force, threats.

• dictatorship

• democracy

• communism

Which type of government do we have in the United States?

• absolute

  monarchy

• direct

  democracy

• representative democracy