Across
- 2. the idea that God created kings (monarchs) to rule over people
- 5. someone who uses logic and reasoning to think about the world and create new ideas
- 8. allowing citizens to rule through representatives
- 10. when one person has total control and authority
- 12. says that tyrants act selfishly - usually against what the people want
Down
- 1. Plato believed that _____________________ was the best form of government
- 3. when people make decisions, share power, and agree upon laws
- 4. a leader who takes power by birth
- 6. type of democracy where citizens vote on issues directly
- 7. a leader who seeks to gain absolute power and abuses that power
- 9. a philosophy book that Aristotle wrote
- 11. says that tyrants become corrupt because they love power and do not want to let it go