Quiz on Types of Governments
Question 1 In what form of government does a single person have unlimited power? Threats of punishment and violence may be used.
Question 2 What form of government is one in which a few people hold all of the power?
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?
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.
Question 5 In what form of government is everyone eligible to vote and the government is elected by the people?
Question 6 What form of government is ruled by a king, queen, emperor, or empress?
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.
Question 8 A country that has no monarch but is headed by an elected president or official is a ________.
Question 9 In what form of government is a Deity (God) recognized as the supreme civil ruler?
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?
PART TWO Answers to Quiz Questions
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