Across
- 4. These rules keep a society operating peacefully.
- 6. A system of government which has a head of state or president elected by the people.
- 7. The rule of a country by a single all powerful person.
- 9. The right of a country to make their own rule and government.
- 10. Special status and power given to selected people.
- 11. A person who rules a country with absolute power.
- 13. A group of military generals who maintain rule with the aid of the armed forces.
- 14. Rule of a country by a small group of people.
- 16. Recognising the ways people have behaved in the culture for a long time.
- 17. A babylonian king who made one of the first codes of law.
Down
- 1. Laws about peoples' rights and freedoms.
- 2. The laws and systems by which an elected parliament governs a country.
- 3. The laws which are designed to keep people from harm.
- 5. A law based on ideas of what is right and wrong.
- 8. A country governed by the ruling class or nobility.
- 12. Laws inspired by what people believe.
- 15. A country which has a ruler who inherits their postion.