Types of Government Quiz
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Question 1
In general, what is a government?
Question 2
What type of people can hold power in an Aristocracy?
Question 3
What is one weakness of a Direct Democracy?
Question 4
Where does a Monarch often claim his or her power comes from?
Question 5
How might an Oligarchy be different from an Aristocracy or a Plutocracy?
Question 6
What do you need to have to be a ruler in a Plutocracy?
Question 7
Name a country that is a Theocracy? Why is it a Theocracy?
Question 8
How are decisions made in a dictatorship?
Question 9
Why might you not want to live in a country that is Totalitarianistic?
Question 10
How is a Representative Democracy different from a Direct Democracy?