Forms of Government

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Across
  1. 6. an association of independent states
  2. 9. not subject to or bound by religious rule
  3. 11. a person chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others
  4. 12. a state governed as a single entity in which the central government is ultimately supreme
  5. 14. one person with absolute power
  6. 15. a small group of people having control of a country
  7. 16. centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state
Down
  1. 1. a parliament is a legislative body of government
  2. 2. having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs
  3. 3. a person is head of state for life or until abdication
  4. 4. government by the people
  5. 5. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed
  6. 7. one person/small group possesses all power
  7. 8. the country is considered a "public matter", not the private concern or property of the rulers
  8. 10. government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class
  9. 13. priests rule in the name of God or a god