Civics Test Study Guide

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Across
  1. 4. Form of government where the people and their representatives hold all of the power.
  2. 6. Government system which combines the legislative and executive branch.
  3. 12. Four things that a government requires to make it a country.
  4. 13. One leader holds absolute control over citizens.
  5. 14. Government system where the executive branch is composed of a single person.
  6. 16. A theory outlining a legitimacy of a government over its citizens.
  7. 18. System where one person holds all of the power.
  8. 19. Use of force to establish a government.
  9. 20. Type of democracy where citizens directly serve in government decisions.
  10. 21. A union of countries or nation-states into an alliance.
  11. 22. Government system with three different branches of government.
Down
  1. 1. Four basic functions a government must uphold.
  2. 2. Government system where a single central government holds power.
  3. 3. The authority of a nation to be self-governing.
  4. 5. A system ruled by a king/queen.
  5. 7. The absence of government.
  6. 8. Sovereign state with a predominant ethnic culture.
  7. 9. An elected leader of a democracy.
  8. 10. A system governed by religion where God is the absolute authority.
  9. 11. A system where a group of people hold all of the power.
  10. 15. Type of democracy where citizens elect people to represent their interests in the government.
  11. 17. A famous philosopher who created the political theory.