Democracy
The ancient city-state where early democracy was famously born, located in Greece
What is Athens and where was it located?
The number of people who hold all the power and make all the rules in a dictatorship.
What is 1?
The male and female rulers of a monarchy.
What are King and Queen?
This type of leader or supreme being is viewed as the ultimate source of all power and laws in theocracy.
What is a god/God?
The oligarchy is ruled by the rich.
Who are the rulers of an oligarchy?
The literal meaning of the word "democracy," coming from the Greek words demos and kratos.
What is "rule by the people"
The type of government where the people have the power, which is the exact opposite of a dictatorship.
What is democracy?
The way a person usually becomes a monarch, passing the power down through families from parent to child.
What is inheritance?
The literal meaning of the word "theocracy," coming from the Greek words theos (meaning God) and kratos (meaning power).
What is "rule by God"?
The literal meaning of the word "oligarchy," coming from the Greek words oligos (meaning few) and arkhein (meaning to rule).
What is "rule by a few"?
The type of democracy where citizens elect leaders to make laws for them, rather than voting on every law themselves.
What is a representative democracy (or a republic)?
In a dictatorship, citizens lose this basic democratic right to choose their own leaders.
What do people in a dictatorship lack.
The type of monarchy where the king or queen has total power and makes all the laws without any limits.
What is an absolute monarchy?
Instead of a constitution written by politicians, a theocracy usually bases its laws on these holy writings.
What are religious texts (or scriptures/holy books)?
In many oligarchies, the small ruling group gets its power because they have a lot of this specific resource.
What is money?
The type of democracy where every single citizen votes directly on every law and issue.
What is a direct democracy?
A type of government ruled by a king or queen with absolute power, which functions like a hereditary dictatorship.
What is an absolute monarchy?
The type of monarchy where the ruler's power is limited by a set of laws and they usually share power with an elected parliament.
What is a constitutional monarchy?
The title given to the religious figures, such as priests or clerics, who actually run the day-to-day government in a theocracy.
What are religious leaders?
The specific term for a type of oligarchy where the government is ruled strictly by the richest citizens.
What is a plutocracy?
The form of government that is the exact opposite of a democracy, where one single leader has absolute power and control over everything.
What is a dictatorship (or absolute monarchy)?
The term for an extreme form of dictatorship where the government controls absolutely every part of public and private life.
What is totalitarianism?
The special sparkly headwear worn by a monarch as a symbol of their royal power.
What is a crown?
In a pure theocracy, there is no separation between these two major institutions, which are usually kept apart in democracies.
What are church and state (or religion and government) in theocracy?
The term for a small, privileged ruling class—often made up of noble families—who inherit their power and status.
What is an aristocracy?