Name _________________________________________ Period _________ Date _________________
Governments: Check Your Vocabulary Knowledge
Directions: Match the government type with its definition:
_____ 1. Anarchy
A. Nation in which the government controls every
aspect of citizens lives.
_____ 2. Autocracy
B. Form of government in which people have supreme
power.
_____ 3. Democracy
C. Small elite has ruling power.
_____ 4. Dictatorship
_____ 5. Dynasty
_____ 6. Fascism
D. Form of government in which the people choose
leaders who represent them.
E. Form of government in which a ruler holds power
by force.
_____ 7. Imperialism
F. Ruling family.
_____ 8. Monarchy
G. Control by one country of the political economic or
cultural life of another country or region.
_____ 9. Oligarchy
_____ 10. Republic
_____ 11. Theocracy
H. Dictatorship with strong feelings of nationalism, and
strong control over the economy
I. One person inherits all political power, i.e. king or
queen.
_____ 12. Totalitarian State
J. Nation ruled by religious leaders.
K. A state of lawlessness and disorder (usually
resulting from a failure of government)
L. A form of government in which unlimited power is
held by a single individual.