Relacionar Columnas Forms of GovernmentVersión en línea Forms of Government Vocabulary por steve finch 1 Federalism 2 Representative Democracy 3 Absolute Monarchy 4 Constitutional Monarchy 5 Oligarchy 6 Dictatorship 7 Confederation 8 Direct Democracy 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 political system governed by a few people A system of government in which citizens elect representatives, or leaders, to make decisions about the laws for all the people. A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives 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 system in which the states share power with the central government