Monarch who serve head
Of state
A system of government in which a monarch shares power with a constitutionally organized government
Direct Democracy
A system of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation or choose governing officials that will do so
autocracy
A system of government in which one person or group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations
Direct Democracy
A system of government in which policies and laws are decided by a majority of all those eligible rather than by a body of elected representatives
monarchy
A system of government in which all authority is given to a monarch, an individual ruler who functions as head of state
Representative democracy
A type of democracy in which elected people represent a group of people
republic
A system of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body
theocracy
A system of government run by a clergy or laity from a particular religion
totalitarianism
A system of government that attempts to assert total control over the lives of its citizens
Which of these feels closest to the government we have in the United States? _________________________