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