US Government Chapter 1 Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. idea that government makes and enforces its own laws without approval from any other authority
  2. 6. government in which one person has great power; a king, queen, or emperor inherits the throne and heads the state; derived from Divine Right theory
  3. 8. __________________theory of government- theory that states that rulers are chosen by a god or gods, and rule is often hereditary
  4. 12. a dictatorship in which the one person in power holds unlimited control
  5. 13. __________theory of government-theory that states that governments/states emerged when people needed to cooperate to survive by could become organized only when one or more people to control to lead.
  6. 14. a sizable group of people who believe themselves united by common bonds of race, language, custom, or religion
  7. 15. a political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government
  8. 18. a plan that provides the rules for government: 1) sets out ideals that the people bound by the constitution believe in and share; 2)it establishes the basic structure of government and defined the government's powers and duties; 3) it provides the supreme law for the country.
  9. 20. ____________theory of government-theory that government came about because extended families needed more organization.
Down
  1. 1. ________________System of Government- government that divides and shares the powers of government between the national and state or provincial governments
  2. 2. authoritarian government in which power is in the hands of one person and that ruler has total control
  3. 3. a dictatorship in which power is controlled by a small group of people; oligarchs derive their power from their wealth, social position, party leadership, military power, or a combination of these things.
  4. 5. an institution through which leaders exercise power to make and enforce laws affecting people under its control
  5. 7. _______________government-Government that controls all aspects of citizens' economic, political, and social lives
  6. 9. ____________theory of government-theory that states government exists to protect and serve their people. Rule by the consent of the governed.
  7. 10. government in which rule is by the people, either through representatives or directly
  8. 11. another name for authoritarian governments
  9. 16. same as state: a political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government
  10. 17. ________________System of Government- government that is a loose union of independent and sovereign states
  11. 19. ____________System of Government-government that gives all key powers to the central government