Types of Government Quiz

What is the form of government where citizens have the power to vote for representatives and have individual rights?

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Communism

• Democracy

In which type of government does one person, known as a dictator, make all the rules and have almost unlimited power?

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Theocracy

• Democracy

What form of government is ruled by religious leaders who believe they were given power by god?

• Communism

• Theocracy

• Monarchy

• Empire

Which type of government is ruled by an emperor and may have many kingdoms within the governed area?

• Empire

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

In a monarchy, who has total control over the territory based on birthright?

• Emperor

• Dictator

• King or Queen

• Religious Leader

What type of government is ruled by one political party and everything in society is shared equally?

• Democracy

• Communism

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

In which form of government do individual people not own land, factories, or machinery, and everything is owned by the government or community?

• Dictatorship

• Communism

• Empire

• Monarchy

What is the main difference between a democracy and a dictatorship?

• Citizens' rights

• Type of laws

• Power of the people

• Number of rulers

Which type of government has a single person known as a monarch at its head?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Theocracy

In a theocracy, what are citizens' rights based on?

• Military control

• Emperor's wishes

• Religious beliefs and doctrine

• Laws of the empire