Different Types of Government and Definitions

Question 1

What is the best way to describe a Democracy?

Answer 1

The people are involved in the process of forming a government

Question 2

What is the best way to describe a Monarchy?

Answer 2

King, Queens, and their family rule

Question 3

What is the best way to describe an Autocracy?

Answer 3

One individual runs the government

Question 4

What is the best way to describe an Oligarchy?

Answer 4

Power is in the hands of a small class of similar privileged people

Question 5

What is the best way to describe a Dictatorship?

Answer 5

A small group of people have all the power

Question 6

What is the best way to describe a Republic?

Answer 6

A representative democracy in which the people’s elected deputies (representatives), vote on legislation

Question 7

What is the best way to describe an Anarchy?

Answer 7

A lawless political disorder due to the absence of a government

Question 8

What is the best way to describe a Confederacy?

Answer 8

A central government with limited powers

Question 9

What is the best way to describe a Theocracy?

Answer 9

A government subject to religious authority