Across
- 4. small group of people in control
- 6. people chosen to act and speak on behalf of a wider group
- 7. powers of the separate constituent parts are vested in a central body
- 8. total control strong central rule
- 10. government in which power is held by the nobility
- 11. highest legislative body of government
- 12. a form of government with a monarch at the head
- 13. basic principles and laws of a nation
- 16. relating to or denoting a confederation
- 17. whole polulation has say through elected representatives
Down
- 1. government by a dictator
- 2. supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives
- 3. priest rules in the name of god
- 5. not subject to or bound by religious rule
- 6. elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy
- 9. government by one person with absolute power
- 14. several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs
- 15. puts power in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class