American Government

2. Is any sizable group of people who are united by common bonds.
5. only beginning to develop industrially.
7. rule is in the hands of one individual .
8. Voters are the source of government authority.
11. is a plan that provides the rules for government.
12. Small groups hold power.
13. divides power between national and state/ local or provincial government.
15. The state has supreme and absolute authority within the boundaries.
18. state has complete control within their limits.
20. control of ones economic decisions.
22. Thought that government should keep their hands off the economy.
24. Individuals with broad common interests.
25. Scholar of Ancient Greece, first student of government.

1. Another form of autocratic government.
3. First to theorize social contract
4. State of nature where no government exists.
6. is an effort to control or influence the policies and actions of government.
9. Institution that maintains order
10. Often used to describe such a country.
14. States that goals and purposes of government
15. Identifies a political community that occupies a definite territory.
16. Took social contract a step further people had a right to life, liberty, and property
17. all power to central/national government.
19. a loose union of independent states
21. Ruled by the people.
23. Agreement about basic beliefs.