Statistics for -ocracies: Types of Government Rule

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
A form of government in which the people have the authority to choose their governing legislation	Democracy	98%
A form of government in which power is held by the nobility	Aristocracy	58%
A government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme ruling authority	Theocracy	58%
A government in which a single person or party possesses supreme and absolute power	Autocracy	40%
A country or society governed by the wealthy	Plutocracy	38%
A government ruled by people selected on the basis of their ability	Meritocracy	34%
A government controlled by an elite of technical experts	Technocracy	26%
A state, society, or group governed by old people	Gerontocracy	23%
A state in which most important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives	Bureaucracy	15%
A system of government by only one person	Monocracy	13%
A government by the masses; mob rule	Mobocracy	11%
A form of government headed by military chiefs	Stratocracy	9%
A state with primarily maritime realms, an empire at sea, or a seaborne empire	Thalassocracy	8%
A government ruled by women	Gynecocracy	6%
A government where plantation owners are regarded as the dominant class, especially in the West Indies	Plantocracy	4%
A state where only property owners may participate in government	Timocracy	4%
A utopian state in which all are equal in social position and responsibility	Pantisocracy	2%