Forms of Government

            System of government that divides power between a national government and smaller regional levels of government

• federal system

• republic

• oligarchy

• dictatorship

System of government in which power rests in a single, national government

• direct democracy

• federal system

• unitary system

• presidential system

A democratic government distinguished by having a president elected by the people for a limited term in office

• parliamentary system

• presidential system

• federal system

• unitary system

Government that tightly controls all aspects of life—political, social, and economic

• theocracy

• confederal system

• totalitarian government

• direct democracy

Government under the rule of a small group of religious leaders

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• oligarchy

• theocracy

A democracy in which the people assemble to make major government decisions by a majority vote`

• constitutional monarchy

• totalitarian government

• direct democracy

• unitary system

A democracy in which people elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf

• direct democracy

• republic

• federal system

• confederal system

Government ruled by one person, such as a king or a queen, who inherits power

• dictatorship

• monarchy

• theocracy

• oligarchy

Government ruled by a monarch whose power is limited by law

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• dictatorship

• republic

Form of rule in which one person or a small group of people holds unlimited power over government

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• theocracy

• dictatorship