Civics/Government

2. citizens vote for governmental officials
5. the elected head of a republic
7. English philosopher and political theorist who created the two treatises of government
8. government where one person holds unlimited power
9. form of government where a head of government leads an executive branch that is separated from the legislative branch
11. small group of people having control of a country (or institution; organization)
12. supreme authority within a territory
13. union of sovereign states
14. one person or small group holds powers over a country (without representatives)
16. form of gov. where a person is head of state for life
17. the head of elected government; minister of a sovereign state
19. political unit where the state and nation are congruent
21. supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives
22. theory that originated during the age of enlightenment

1. orgin of state and its development was based on force
3. democratic governance of a state where the executive derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the support of the legislature
4. states or provinces of a country have power to control law and decisions over it
6. population, land, government, sovereignty
10. a democracy where the electorate decides on policy initiatives (without legislators)
15. kind of government system in which a single power, which is known
18. protect citizens, maintain order, provide public services, and regulate the economy
20. society freely constituted without authority