Forms of government

1. A body of fundamental principles.
4. Sovereignty, or ultimate authority, rests in a single, national government.
5. Type of democracy in which elected officials represent a group of people.
9. Citizens met regularly in a popular assembly to discuss issues and vote for leaders.
11. A system of rule in which one person, a dictator, or a small group of people can hold unlimited power over government.
12. Relating to or denoting a confederation.
15. The royalty have only ceremonial powers.
16. A system of government by one person with absolute power.
17. System of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.

2. A system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
3. Form of government in which power is held by the nobility.
6. Government divides power over people and territory between a national government and smaller, regional levels of government.
7. The government is headed by one person, such as a king or a queen, who exercises supreme authority.
8. A system of democratic governance of a state where the executive derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the confidence of the legislature.
10. Rule by a few, or an aristocracy.
13. occurring or persisting over an indefinitely long period.
14. An indirect form of democracy that places political decision making at least one step away from the people.