Forms and Systems of Government

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

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

A government system where power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units

• A) federal system

• B) unitary system

• C) confederation

• D) monarchy

A form of government where citizens elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf

• A) direct democracy

• B) representative democracy

• C) oligarchy

• D) autocracy

The system of government where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life

• A) totalitarianism

• B) democracy

• C) republic

• D) constitutional monarchy

A government system where the ruler has absolute power, not restricted by a constitution or laws

• A) constitutional monarchy

• B) dictatorship

• C) federal system

• D) democracy

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

• A) oligarchy

• B) republic

• C) theocracy

• D) autocracy

A government system where a small group of people have control over a country or organization

• A) democracy

• B) oligarchy

• C) monarchy

• D) republic