Me, Myself, and I
This type of government gives one person all the power.
Autocracy
In this type of government, the citizens hold the power.
Democracy
This word literally means "rule by a few."
Oligarchy
This type of government treats God as the highest leader.
Theocracy
In this type of government, nobody is in control.
Anarchy
This type of autocracy is usually inherited, with the oldest child becoming the next ruler.
Monarchy
In this type of democracy, citizens vote for leaders who represent them and handle the daily work of government.
Representative Democracy
In some oligarchies, only people who share one of these two traits hold rights.
Race or Wealth
A theocracy uses these, instead of regular civil laws, to rule the people.
Religious texts and laws
How many known countries in the world have anarchy as their main form of government?
None
This is the title given to a king or queen who rules a country.
Monarch
In this type of democracy, citizens do all the governing themselves, including making laws and acting as judges.
Direct Democracy
This type of oligarchy is a small group of military officers who seize control of a country.
Junta
This country uses religious law but also has a King
What are people in anarchy compared to?
Wild Animals
In this type of autocracy, one leader has total control and ignores what the people want, even if laws or other parts of government exist.
Dictatorship
This ancient city is the historical example of a direct democracy.
Athens
This is how a junta typically takes control of a country.
Force, Overthrow, Coup, etc.
A theocracy can also overlap with these two other forms of government mentioned in the notes. (Name One)
democracy and monarchy
In Anarchy who do people look out for?
Themselves
Long ago monarchs held all the power, but today they usually do this with other parts of government.
Share power
This is the main reason most countries today can't use a direct democracy.
Too large
Once in control, this is how a junta's officers handle the power among themselves.
Sharing
If a country were ruled by religious law AND voted on leaders it would be a theocracy and also this
Democracy
This is the biggest risk to citizens in an anarchy, since there's no one to protect their rights or keep order.
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