Forms of Government Review

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Across
  1. 2. Power is shared by a powerful central government and states or provinces that are given considerable self-rule
  2. 4. Allow different regions to share resources while retaining independence in matters of local importance
  3. 8. A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch
  4. 10. Government by a sovereign (usually king/queen), by hereditary right
  5. 11. All decisions are voted on by the people, NOT representatives
  6. 13. highly concentrated and centralized government power maintained by political repression
  7. 14. A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and is emphasized by communal living
  8. 15. The idea is to maintain centralized control, but also to consider the wishes of the population concerning regional issues
Down
  1. 1. A government subject to religious authority
  2. 3. Government by a single person having unlimited power
  3. 5. Government where the majority makes the decisions by voting
  4. 6. A state or government ruled by an absolute ruler
  5. 7. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship
  6. 9. Any of various economic and political theories advocating centralized governmental ownership and the means of production and distribution of goods
  7. 12. Absence of government