Forms of Government

Question 1

Civics

Answer 1

the study or science of the privileges and obligations of citizens.

Question 2

Community

Answer 2

a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.

Question 3

Government

Answer 3

the form or system of rule by which a state, community, etc., is governed:

Question 4

Direct Democracy

Answer 4

to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.

Question 5

Representative

Answer 5

standing or acting for another or others.

Question 6

Representative Democracy

Answer 6

an agent or deputy:

Question 7

Monarchy

Answer 7

supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person.

Question 8

Oligarchy

Answer 8

a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.

Question 9

Majority

Answer 9

the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total

Question 10

Minority

Answer 10

the smaller part or number; a number, part, or amount forming less than half of the whole.

Question 11

Autocracy

Answer 11

a nation, state, or community ruled by an autocrat.

Question 12

Communism

Answer 12

a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.

Question 13

Socialism

Answer 13

procedure or practice in accordance with this theory.

Question 14

Totalitarianism

Answer 14

the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.

Question 15

Head of Government

Answer 15

the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state,

Question 16

Citizen Participation

Answer 16

local authorities playing a more supportive role, for instance by providing facilities

Question 17

Voting

Answer 17

a formal expression of opinion or choice made by an individual or body of individuals, especially in an election.

Question 18

Legislature

Answer 18

a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.

Question 19

Anarchy

Answer 19

a state of society without government or law.

Question 20

Tyranny

Answer 20

the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler.