Social Studies Government Test Study Guide

1. What is generally the title for a Parliamentary Democracy's leader?

• President
• Prime Minister
• Captain

2. Which type of government has absolute control, people have no rights, and the government can forbid actions by people

• Direct Democracy
• Autocracy
• Constitutional Monarchy

3. The type of Democracy where the leader answers to the Legislative branch. (comes from the legislative branch)

• Parliamentary Democracy
• Presidential Democracy

4. Which type of government is defined by the saying "rule of all" or "all for the people"?

• Dictatorship
• Monarchy
• Democracy

5. Which form of democracy has separation of powers?

• Presidential Democracy
• Parliamentary Democracy

6. Read the following scenario and decide which form of government that is being described. "Fidel Castro took power as a dictator over Cuba and made it communist in 1959. Under the new government, only one political party controlled everything with one person making all the decisions (Castro). Very few rights are given to citizens and they are likely to be jailed if they speak out against the government."

• Dictatorship
• Parliamentary Democracy
• Direct Democracy

7. In a democracy, what basic way can citizens influence the government?

• by voting in elections
• citizens cannot influence their government in a democracy
• by speaking out about injustice

8. A king or monarch that has absolute power is in which form of autocracy?

• Oligarchy
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Absolute Monarchy

9. In this form of government, a small group has control over the decisions made in the government. Most citizens are not allowed to participate. This form of government can also be found on One-Party Systems.

• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Totalitarian

10. Democracy is broken down into two forms. Select the TWO forms below.

• Monarchy
• Parliamentary
• Dictatorship
• Presidential