Forms of Government

6. an association of independent states
9. not subject to or bound by religious rule
11. a person chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others
12. a state governed as a single entity in which the central government is ultimately supreme
14. one person with absolute power
15. a small group of people having control of a country
16. centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state

1. a parliament is a legislative body of government
2. having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs
3. a person is head of state for life or until abdication
4. government by the people
5. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed
7. one person/small group possesses all power
8. the country is considered a "public matter", not the private concern or property of the rulers
10. government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class
13. priests rule in the name of God or a god