Types of Government

A system of government where a head of government is also head of state and leads an executive branch that is separate from the legislati

A form of government in which the party (voted by the people) with the greatest representation forms the govt.

Democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing (vote on behalf of) agroup of people

A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution

A form of government in which sovereignty embodied in one or several individual(s) reigning until death or abdication

A system of government by one person with absolute power.

Government is one in which all the political power is in the hands of an absolute and centrally controlled government

A sovereign state governed as a single entity

loose relationship among a number of smaller political units. The vast majority of political power rests with the LOCAL governments

A system of government in which power is divided between a central and local governments