Types of Government

Question 0

•power controlled by one person
•usually takes power by force
•often military leaders rely on armed forces to maintain power 
•ex: Germany(hitler) 
        Iraq(Hussein)

Answer 0

dictatorship

Question 1

• most of the power is in the hands of one individual
• power is hereditary
• once most common form of gov, now rare
• ex: Saudi Arabia

Answer 1

monarchy

Question 2

•power is shared by the people 
•elected officials
•people's opinions are valued 
•US was the first modern one 
ex: Great Britain

Answer 2

democracy

Question 3

democratic country with a monarch with ceremonial duties

Answer 3

constitutional monarchy

Question 4

• usually limited to a permanent union of sovereign states for common action in relation to other states
• deal with defense, foreign affairs, currency
• ex: early US articles of confederation and the Civil War confederacy (south)

Answer 4

confederal

Question 5

• government by the few, especially by an elite faction of persons or families
• such states were often controlled by powerful families whose children were raised and mentored to be heirs of the power of the gov

Answer 5

oligarchy

Question 6

system of gov that divides the gvt’s powers between the national and state gvts

Answer 6

federal system

Question 7

a system of gov where the executive branch exists and presides separate from the legislature, to which it is not accountable, and which cannot in normal circumstances dismiss it

Answer 7

presidential/congressional system

Question 8

•system of gov where there is an executive branch of gov which is dependent on the direct and indirect support of the parliament
•the support is given through a vote of confidence
•head of gov- prime minister
•head of state- monarch or elected president
ex: Great Britain

Answer 8

parliamentary system