POLITICAL TERMINOLOGY

2. A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed.
4. A small group of people having control of a country or organization.
6. The enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.
7. A system of government in which entities such as states or provinces share power with a national government.
10. The person or branch of a government responsible for putting policies or laws into effect.
12. Supreme power or authority; the authority of a state to govern itself or another state.
14. A form of government with a monarch at the head.

1. A system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
3. The legislative body of a country or state.
5. 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.
8. The judicial authorities of a country; judges collectively.
9. A system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting.
11. A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
13. A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.