Across
- 8. the ability to rule absolutely within a territory
- 11. small group of people has all the power
- 13. total authority over the people
- 15. protect the country, make laws, keep order, help citizens
- 17. the area in which a state's rule applies
- 19. the people give up some freedoms in exchange for the government's protection of everyone's rights
- 20. citizens elect leaders to represent their rights and interests in government
- 21. life, liberty property
Down
- 1. imagined a set of natural rights
- 2. book written by Thomas Hobbes
- 3. nobody is in control
- 4. a body of people living in a defined space, with the power to make and enforce laws and with an organization to do this
- 5. no rules, no one in charge, and no way for people to protect their natural rights
- 6. believed people lived in a state of nature
- 7. led by a king or queen
- 9. there are no representatives
- 10. the organization inside a state that controls the actions and policies of the state
- 12. government in which one person has all the power
- 14. the group of people who are the members or citizens of a state
- 16. government that recognizes God or a divine being as the ultimate authority
- 18. blank slate or page