Across
- 2. Power is shared by a powerful central government and states or provinces that are given considerable self-rule
- 4. Allow different regions to share resources while retaining independence in matters of local importance
- 8. A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch
- 10. Government by a sovereign (usually king/queen), by hereditary right
- 11. All decisions are voted on by the people, NOT representatives
- 13. highly concentrated and centralized government power maintained by political repression
- 14. A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and is emphasized by communal living
- 15. The idea is to maintain centralized control, but also to consider the wishes of the population concerning regional issues
Down
- 1. A government subject to religious authority
- 3. Government by a single person having unlimited power
- 5. Government where the majority makes the decisions by voting
- 6. A state or government ruled by an absolute ruler
- 7. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship
- 9. Any of various economic and political theories advocating centralized governmental ownership and the means of production and distribution of goods
- 12. Absence of government