Quiz on Types of Governments

Question 1

In what form of government does a single person have unlimited power? Threats of punishment and violence might be used.

Q1 Answer

Autocracy

Question 2

What form of government is one in which a few people hold all of the power?

Q2 Answer

Oligarchy

Question 3

In what form of government does the government own property such as businesses and farms and also provide healthcare, education and welfare to the people?

Q3 Answer

Communism

Question 4

In this form of government, people are forced to do what the government tells them and may also be prevented from leaving the country. Name it.

Q4 Answer

Totalitarianism

Question 5

In what form of government is everyone eligible to vote and the government is elected by the people?

Q5 Answer

Democracy

Question 6

What form of government is ruled by a king, queen, emperor, or empress?

Q6 Answer

Monarchy

Question 7

In this form of government, the country is ruled by a single leader. The leader has not been elected and may use force to keep control.

Q7 Answer

Dictatorship

Question 8

A country that has no monarch but is headed by an elected president or official is a ________.

Q8 Answer

Republic

Question 9

In what form of government is a Deity (God) recognized as the supreme civil ruler?

Q9 Answer

Theocracy

Question 10

This form of government has a president or prime minister as head of state, but the people elect the parliament. What is the name for this form of government?

Q10 Answer

Parliamentary Democracy