Government Types

9 Top government types for 7th grade

10 cards·by jpage

government

Democracy

people are involved with creating their government

Republic

people chose by voting who are going to be their leaders

Representative Democracy

a government where people chose leaders to do the work of the government for them

Absolute Monarchy

kings, queens, and the royal family have all the power

Constitutional Monarchy

a king, queen or royal family's power is kept in check by the rules and laws (legislature)

Parliamentary Democracy

the people chose the law makers (Parliament) and the figure head of the country could be a President or King/Queen.

Presidential-Parliamentary Democracy

The people chose their law makers (Parliament), Prime Minister runs the government.President is figure head of country.

Theocracy

a government run by religion

Dictatorship

a person or small group rules the country

Communism

the political party rules, and almost all of the businesses are owned by the public (government)