Forms of Government Vocabulary

Question 1

Civics

Answer 1

The study of a person’s rights and duties as a citizen

Question 2

Community

Answer 2

A group of people living or working together in the same area

Question 3

Government

Answer 3

The system of rules and the people who make and administer them

Question 4

Direct Democracy

Answer 4

all the voters come together in one place to make laws and decisions

Question 5

Representative

Answer 5

one that represents another or others

Question 6

Representative Democracy

Answer 6

our government is elected by citizens

Question 7

Monarchy

Answer 7

a form of government that has a single person known as a monarch at its head

Question 8

Oligarchy

Answer 8

a type of ruling structure in which a few people wield power

Question 9

Majority

Answer 9

more than half of something

Question 10

Minority

Answer 10

less than half the population in a society

Question 11

Autocracy

Answer 11

a form of government in which one ruler has absolute control and decision

Question 12

Communism

Answer 12

a type of government as well as an economic system (a way of creating and sharing wealth

Question 13

Socialism

Answer 13

a way to organize a society

Question 14

Totalitarianism

Answer 14

the type of government that attempts to assert total control over the lives of its citizens

Question 15

Head of Government

Answer 15

The president is seen as the leader of the US Government

Question 16

Citizen Participation

Answer 16

any process that directly engages the public in decision

Question 17

Voting

Answer 17

the action of indicating choice, opinion, or will on a question

Question 18

Legislature

Answer 18

group of people within a government that makes the laws

Question 19

Anarchy

Answer 19

no one had any authority over anyone else

Question 20

Tyranny

Answer 20

unfair government