Forms of Government Flashcards
Legislative Branch
Makes laws
Judicial Branch
Interperpates laws
Executive Branch
Enforces laws
Monarchy
A system of government in which a single ruler exercises supreme power based on heredity or devine right.
Theocracy
A system of government headed by religious leaders.
Democracy
A form of government in which supreme authority rests with the people.
Direct Democracy
A system of government in which public decisions are made directly by citizens meeting together in an assembly or voting by ballot.
Republic (Representative Democracy)
A system of government in which supreme power rests with the citizens and is exercised by their elected representatives.
Dictatorship
A system of government in which a single person or group has absolute power and authority.
Oligarchy
A form of dictatorship in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite.
Autocracy
A form of dictatorship in which a single person holds unlimited political power.
Command Economy
Economy where the government owns and offers all the goods and services.
Market Economy
Economy where most goods and services are offered by private companies.
Mixed Economy
Economy where the government and private businesses are involved in goods and services.
Unitary Democracy
National government holds all the power and the regional governments can only exercise power that is given by the national government.
