Types of Government

6. priests or officials who are regarded as being prominent in a particular religion.
7. rules by the rich and powerful provided by the wealthy.
8. the country or state is governed by a single person with unlimited power.
12. “ruled by the people”. The people elect representatives to govern themselves.
13. supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers.
15. supreme authority is bestowed in a single and usually hereditary figure.
16. rues by the few; power effectively rests with a fraction of people or families.

1. rules are selected on the basis of their knowledge usually scientists and technical experts.
2. organized by union of small states, groups, or parties, which are self-governed in internal affairs.
3. group that takes control of the state after overthrowing a government, usually by military groups.
4. one group has power and tells people in other places what to do.
5. the power rests entirely on one person or a group of persons usually by inheritance or force.
6. a single ruler is bestowed with absolute power.
9. a system in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life.
10. the state owns property and operates industry on behalf of the people
11. state of absence of law; disorder and confusion from a lack of government.
14. a way of ruling that favors total control of the people through terror and seeks to promote ancestral and cultural values.