Government authority is based on the consent of the governed.
Anarchy
Monarchy
Democracy
Dictatorship
2. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Self-appointed single person/group rules controlling all aspects of public life (example: freedom of speech) often through military force, intimidation
Dictatorship
Totalitarian
Monarchy
Liberty
3. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Ruler, king/queen/emperor/empress, etc.), inherits power. Rules by divine right- given power to rule by God.
Theocracy
Democracy
Republic
Monarchy
4. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
People elect representatives to make laws/decisions for them, a government without a monarch.
Anarchy
Republic
Dictator
Monarchy
5. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Government which controls every aspect of public and private life.
Republic
Totalitarian
Theocracy
Democracy
6. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Example: Ancient Greece; citizens gathered to make decisions for their city-states and voted directly on issues.
Monarchy
Republic
Totalitarian
Democracy
7. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Example: Saddam Hussein
Supreme Leader
Pope
Dictator
Monarch
8. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Example: Modern day – England – ruler is a symbolic head of state with elected members of Parliament who govern.
Constitutional Monarchy
President
Dictator
Republic
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Example: United States; citizens vote for representatives on local, state and national levels who make laws.
Monarchy
Anarchy
Theocracy
Republic
10. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Example: Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin; censored all books and articles, citizens are terrorized by police; any opposition is sent to labor camps or killed.
Democracy
Theocracy
Republic
Totalitarian
11. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Government run by religious leader/leaders; no separation of church and state.
Theocracy
Democracy
Monarchy
Anarchy
12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Example: Puritan leaders helped govern the colony of Massachusetts in the early colonial era.