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