Relacionar Columnas Forms of GovernmentVersión en línea Forms of Government Vocabulary por steve finch 1 Constitutional Monarchy 2 Federalism 3 Dictatorship 4 Absolute Monarchy 5 Direct Democracy 6 Representative Democracy 7 Oligarchy 8 Confederation a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) a political system in which a weak central government has limited authority, and the states have ultimate power. a political system governed by a few people a system in which the states share power with the central government A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives A King or Queen is the official head of state but power is limited by a constitution. a system of government in which the head of state is a hereditary position and the king or queen has almost complete power A system of government in which citizens elect representatives, or leaders, to make decisions about the laws for all the people.