Forms of Government

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Across
  1. 4. Attitudes, activities or other things that have no religious base.
  2. 7. Headed by a king/queen who belongs to a royal family and has absolute power.
  3. 8. Rulers represent and are directed by a set of religious ideas.
  4. 10. Dictator holds ultimate authority and government tightly controls all aspects of life.
  5. 12. (two words)A king/queen is limited by the laws of a country.
  6. 15. Government ruled by the people.
Down
  1. 1. Another name for an oligarchy.
  2. 2. A legislative body of government/council that discusses public affairs.
  3. 3. Small group of powerful people make the most government decisions to their benefit(based on wealth)
  4. 5. (two words)A system in which government power is divided between a national government and smaller regional levels of government (known as an American invention).
  5. 6. A system of government in which one person has absolute power.
  6. 9. A composition of fundamental principles according to how some state/country is to be governed (outlines the rights of the government and the people).
  7. 11. System of rule in which one person or a small group of people hold unlimited power over government.
  8. 13. (two words)A system in which ultimate authority rests in a single national government.
  9. 14. Government run by the people who select representatives to vote for them.